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The Diocese of Cheyenne was without a bishop for the next three years. On December 18, 1896, Thomas Lenihan of the Archdiocese of Dubuque was named the second bishop of Cheyenne by Leo XIII. When Lenihan arrived in Cheyenne in 1897, the diocese contained eight priests, nine churches, and one parochial school for 3,000 Catholics. [11]
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.
Soon after taking office, Biegler ordered the diocese to reexamine sexual abuse allegations against Bishop Emeritus Joseph Hart, a former bishop of Cheyenne. [5] In 2019, Biegler announced that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican was investigating Hart, who denied all the accusations. [6]
On December 14, 1999, Ricken was appointed as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne by Pope John Paul II to assist Bishop Joseph Hart.Ricken received his episcopal consecration in Rome on January 6, 2000, from John Paul II, with Archbishops Giovanni Re and Marcello Zago serving as co-consecrators, in St. Peter's Basilica. [2]
Etienne was ordained a priest by Bishop Gerald Gettelfinger for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on June 27, 1992. [4] After his ordination, Etienne served as assistant pastor of Saint Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis and assistant vocation director for the archdiocese. He returned to Rome in 1994, obtaining his Licentiate of Spiritual Theology ...
News of Joseph Hart’s death evoked a strong reaction from sexual abuse survivors and their families.
On August 2, 1947, Newell was appointed as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne and titular bishop of Zapara by Pope Pius XII.He received episcopal consecration on September 24, 1947, from Archbishop Urban Vehr, with Bishops Scannel and Philip Garrigan serving as co-consecrators in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver.
The Diocese of Saint Petersburg was erected in 1968 with Charles Borromeo McLaughlin (701) as its first bishop (cathedral pictured.) Bishop Justin Najmy (731) was named the first apostolic exarch for the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the United States in 1968 (cathedral pictured.) Humberto Sousa Medeiros (733) was cardinal and archbishop of ...