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Pope Pius XII elevated the Diocese of Omaha to the Archdiocese of Omaha on August 4, 1945. [4] [21] The pope named Ryan as the first archbishop of Omaha. Ryan died in 1947. [22] [20] The second archbishop of Omaha was Bishop Gerald Bergan of the Diocese of Des Moines, appointed by Pius XII in 1948. [23]
Curtiss was named the fourth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Omaha by Pope John Paul II on May 4, 1993. Succeeding the retiring Archbishop Daniel Sheehan, Curtiss was installed on June 25, 1993. [2] Curtiss led a capital campaign that funded a retirement home for priests and repairs to St. Cecilia Cathedral.
John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in the 16th century, as well as the third-longest-serving pope in history after Pius IX and St. Peter. John Paul II attempted to improve the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism , Islam , and the Eastern Orthodox Church in the spirit of ecumenism , holding atheism as the greatest ...
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Cupich was ordained a priest in 1975. He was named Bishop of Rapid City by Pope John Paul II in 1998. Cupich was then named Bishop of Spokane by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. After being chosen by Pope Francis as Archbishop of Chicago, Cupich was installed there in 2014.
A call for direct debt cancellation made by the late Pope John Paul II during the Jubilee year in 2000 sparked a campaign that resulted in $130 billion of debt cancellation between 2000 and 2015.
The anathematizations were rescinded by Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras in 1965. [17] 153 13 April 1055 – 28 July 1057 (2 years, 106 days) Victor II VICTOR Secundus: Gebhard II von Calw-Dollnstein-Hirschberg c. 1018 Duchy of Swabia, Holy Roman Empire 37 / 39 Born as a subject of the Duchy of Swabia. 154 2 August 1057 – 29 March 1058 ...
Pope John Paul II knew about sexual misconduct allegations against disgraced ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick years before he was removed from priesthood, according to a new report released Tuesday ...
William Joseph Dendinger (born May 20, 1939) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. [1] [2] [3] Appointed by Pope John Paul II, he served as bishop of the Diocese of Grand Island in Nebraska from December 13, 2004, until January 14, 2015.