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George Joseph Lucas (born June 12, 1949) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He has been serving as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Omaha in Nebraska since 2009, having previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois from 1999 to 2009.
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.
Among those named is Omaha Archbishop George Lucas. Sixty people allege in new lawsuits filed in Missouri that they were abused as children by dozens of priests, nuns and others, and the man who ...
George Joseph Lucas, appointed Bishop of Springfield in Illinois in 1999 and later Archbishop of Omaha; Robert William Finn, appointed Coadjutor Bishop in 2004 and later Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph; Richard Frank Stika, appointed Bishop of Knoxville in 2009
George Joseph Lucas The St. Margaret Mary Church is a parish of the Catholic Church in Omaha, Nebraska , part of the Archdiocese of Omaha . The limestone church with High Gothic bell tower is prominently situated on a ridge overlooking Elmwood Creek along the original route of the Lincoln Highway , today known as U.S. Route 6 in the Fairacres ...
In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation and named Bishop George J. Lucas as his successor. [ 1 ] In 2009, Curtiss stated that the bishops had "learned the hard way", but that the church was better now that it had gone through the process of responding to the sexual abuse issues.
Each color on the map represents an ecclesiastical province. The divisions in each province show the archdiocese and its individual dioceses. The following is a list of bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States, including Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Archbishop George Joseph Lucas was appointed to serve as apostolic administrator during Conley's leave of absence. Conley returned to active service in November 2020. In 2021, Matthew Hecker became the first permanent deacon to be ordained for the diocese. [36] As of 2023, Conley is the bishop of Lincoln.