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The Diocese of Gary removed Emerson from ministry in 2004 after learning about the accusation from Florida. At Emerson's request, the Vatican laicized him in 2006. [16] The plaintiff in the 2005 case claimed that the Diocese of Gary ignored earlier sexual abuse allegations against Emerson during his first residence in Indiana. [17]
On February 11, 2020, McClory was consecrated by Archbishop Charles C. Thompson at Holy Angels Cathedral in Gary, with Vigneron and Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek serving as co-consecrators. [ 4 ] [ 3 ] Bishop McClory is a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus and is a member of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre .
When Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Gary on December 10, 1956, [3] Holy Angels Church became the cathedral of the new diocese. In the 1960s the primarily Caucasian parish began to change as African American and Latin American parishioners joined Holy Angels when St. Anthony's and Sacred Heart churches closed.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary; Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana This page was last edited on 2 February 2019, at 09:13 (UTC). Text ...
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In 1944 and 1956, the diocese lost territory to the newly formed dioceses of Lafayette and Gary, respectively. After Noll died in 1956, Pope Pius XII named Auxiliary Bishop Leo Pursley as his replacement. In 1960, Pope John XXIII renamed the diocese as the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.
Pope John Paul II accepted Grutka's resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Gary on July 9, 1984. [3] After his resignation, Grutka remained active in the diocese, ministering to parishioners. Andrew Grutka died at his home in Valparaiso, Indiana , on November 11, 1993, at age 85.
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