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On December 1, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Ochoa as bishop of Fresno, [6] [4] succeeding Bishop John Steinbock, who had died in December 2010.On February 1, 2019, Ochoa announced an outside investigation of the diocese human resource records for all allegations of sexual abuse against clerics since 1922, with a report to be issued to the public after the investigation had concluded.
The next bishop of Fresno was bishop John Steinbock from the Diocese of Santa Rosa, appointed by John Paul II in 1991. [9] In 2003, the Diocese of Fresno was one of only four dioceses in the United States that did not participate in the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops review of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young ...
When the Diocese of Fresno was erected in 1967, St. John the Baptist remained as its cathedral. [2] [3] In April 2019, Jose Hernandez approached the cathedral staff and threatened harm against the priests and bishop. After going outside, he broke several stained-glass windows and statues, causing $25,000 in damage. He was later arrested. [4]
Joseph Vincent Brennan (born March 20, 1954) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Fresno since 2019. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 2015 to 2019.
Charles Manson - Leader of the Manson Family who served life in prison for first degree murder until his death in 2017. [ 14 ] Shukri Mustafa - Egyptian leader of Takfir wal-Hijra who was captured and executed on March 19, 1978, for the kidnapping and murder of an Egyptian ex-government minister.
Suffragan Bishops (all Roman Rite). Upon erection of the diocese, it was administered by the Bishop of Los Angeles-San Diego. In 1924, Irish-born Most Rev. John Bernard MacGinley was transferred from the Philippines (Bishop of Nueva Caceres 1910.04.02 – 1924.03.24) to become the first bishop of Monterey-Fresno Bishop of Monterey–Fresno (USA) (1924.03.24 – 1932.09.26), followed by a long ...
Bishop John Steinbock greets a fellow Knight of Columbus.. John Thomas Steinbock (July 16, 1937 – December 5, 2010) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.He served as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Fresno in California from 1991 until his death in 2010.
In August, 2011, O'Malley released a list of 159 priests with credible accusations of child sexual abuse. [22] Sixty-nine names were omitted from the list because the priests were deceased, were not active ministers, had not been publicly accused, or were dismissed or left the priesthood prior to canonical proceedings.