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The Archdiocese of Omaha (Latin: Archidioecesis Omahensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in northeastern Nebraska in the United States. Its current archbishop, George Joseph Lucas , was installed in Omaha on July 22, 2009.
On October 19, 1999, Lucas was appointed the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois by Pope John Paul II.He received his episcopal consecration on December 14, 1999, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield, from Cardinal Francis George, with Archbishop Gabriel Higuera and Bishop Daniel L. Ryan serving as co-consecrators.
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.
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.
Among those named is Omaha Archbishop George Lucas. A lawsuit filed Wednesday in St. Louis County Circuit Court said the unnamed accuser was 16 when he met Lucas at the now-closed St. Louis ...
Blase Cupich was born on March 19, 1949, in Omaha, Nebraska, into a family of Croatian descent, one of the nine children of Blase and Mary (née Mayhan) Cupich. [3] He attended Saint John Vianney Minor Seminary in Elkhorn, Nebraska, and then Archbishop Ryan High School in Omaha, Nebraska.
Story at a glance The Archdiocese of Omaha has rolled out a new policy for its 70 member schools to follow on “human sexuality,” whereby students, school staff and volunteers are required to ...
Bergan was named by Pius XII as the second archbishop of the Archdiocese of Omaha on February 7, 1948. [3] During his administration, more than $80 million was spent for new Catholic schools, churches, and hospitals in the archdiocese. [5] This caused him to become known as the "building bishop". [6]