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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay (Latin: Diocesis Sinus Viridis) is a Latin church diocese in the northeast region of Wisconsin in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier in Green Bay. The diocese was erected on March 3, 1868, by Pope Pius IX ...
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St. Willebrord Catholic Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay located in downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1864 by Dutch immigrants, and dedicated to St. Willibrord. The church is spelled Willebrord (with an "e" in the middle) because stonemasons made a mistake when carving the name.
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Pope Benedict XVI named Ricken as the twelfth bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay on July 9, 2008. [6] Ricken was installed on August 28, 2008. [7] In January 2015, Ricken criticized St. Norbert College in DePere, Wisconsin, for inviting the journalist Gloria Steinem to speak at the college, due to her support of abortion rights for women. [8]
Robert Joseph Banks (born February 26, 1928) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay in Wisconsin from 1990 to 2003. He also served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts from 1985 to 1990.
On December 19, 1978, Pope John Paul II appointed Morneau as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay and titular bishop of Massa Lubrense. He was consecrated at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Green Bay on February 22, 1979, by Bishop Aloysius Wycislo , with Bishops Mark Schmitt and John Grellinger serving as co-consecrators.
In 1888, the Jesuits took over the pastoral responsibilities of the parish, after a serious outbreak of yellow fever in Tampa took the lives of three diocesan priests. Using Tampa as their base, the Jesuits were given the responsibility of all of South Florida by Bishop Moore. In 1905, a new Church was constructed in Romanesque style and the ...