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When McGill arrived in Richmond in 1850, the diocese had 7,000 Catholics, eight priests, and 10 churches. [9] He convened the first diocesan synod in 1855. During his tenure, Virginia was devastated by yellow fever and cholera epidemics. Pius IX in 1858, transferred the territory of Alexandria to the Diocese of Richmond.
William Draper Byrne (born September 26, 1964) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts since 2020. He is known for taking over the diocese after the revelation of widespread clergy child sex abuse and the subsequent cover-ups. [1]
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
The Catholic Center of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. In a statement issued Sept. 16, the diocese said it takes these allegations seriously and will make no ...
The diocese in January 2019 placed restrictions on the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a religious association in Richmond. The dispute originated in the Slaves' refusal to accepted the church doctrine of Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus ("outside the Church there is no salvation").The group appealed the restrictions to the Congregation of ...
The diocese and Bishop Edward Rice are listed as defendants in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Springfield regarding purported abuse of children dating back as far as the late 1960s by ...
On June 19, 2014, Pope Francis named Rozanski the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts. [5] He was installed on August 12, 2014. In September 2018, a Diocesan Review Board notified Rozanski that it had found an allegation of sexual abuse by former Springfield Bishop Christopher Weldon to be credible.
The church, bishop's house and pastoral home fill the entire block. The cornerstone was laid June 4, 1903, by Father Conway of St. Ignatius, New York; [4] the stone block came from the Garden of Gethsemane. [3] According to a diocesan official, it was the only cathedral in the world erected through the "sole munificence of one family". [3] [5]