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William Appleton Lawrence (May 21, 1889 - December 21, 1968 [1]) was the third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts (1937–57). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] His father, William Lawrence , was the seventh Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts (1893–1927).
William Lawrence (May 30, 1850 – November 6, 1941) was elected as the 7th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts (1893–1927). Lawrence was the son of the notable textile industrialist Amos Adams Lawrence and a member of the influential Boston family, founded by his great-grandfather and American revolutionary, Samuel Lawrence.
Lawrence was elected Suffragan Bishop of Massachusetts on May 3, 1956, in St Paul's Cathedral, Boston. He was consecrated on November 3, 1956, in Trinity Church, Boston, by Presiding Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill. He retained that position in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts until his retirement in 1968.
On August 5, 2018, Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik sent letters confirming the Diocese of Pittsburgh would cooperate with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court order and release the list of clergy accused of sex abuse when the grand jury report is made public. [32] [33] The letters were read during mass across the six-county diocese.
First published on Jan. 26, 1967, under the auspices of Bishop Lawrence B. Casey, The Beacon saw four different bishops at its head. ... Bishop Sweeney, who took over as publisher in 2020, will ...
Lawrence Joseph Riley (September 6, 1914 – December 2, 2001) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Born in Boston, Massachusetts , Riley was ordained to the priesthood on September 21, 1940, for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston .
The canonization cause for Gertrude Barber was opened in December 2019. Another step in the process was a vote this month by U.S. Catholic bishops.
The Sacred Heart Parish Complex is a historic former Roman Catholic church complex located at 321 S. Broadway in Lawrence, Massachusetts.It consists of five buildings built between 1899 and 1936, including a fine Gothic Revival stone church.