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In September 2020, Stephen Parkes and the diocese were sued by William Fred Baker Jr. Baker said that the diocese knew that Reverend Wayland Brown was molesting him in 1987 and 1988 when he was a 10-year-old attending St. James Catholic School in Savannah. Brown received a 20-year sentence for sexual abuse crimes.
The diocese was founded in 1850 as the Diocese of Savannah, covering all of Georgia and part of Florida. From 1937 to 1956, it was the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta. In 1956, it became the Diocese of Savannah again when northern Georgia was split off into the Diocese of Atlanta. Plaque in St. John the Baptist Basilica listing the bishops of Savannah.
On July 19, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Hartmayer as bishop of Savannah. [7] His episcopal consecration took place on October 18, 2011, at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah, Georgia. [8] His principal consecrator was Archbishop Wilton Gregory, with Bishops J. Kevin Boland and Luis Zarama as co-consecrators.
In 1970, the bishop named him rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. Boland was transferred in 1972 to Blessed Sacrament Parish in Savannah. In 1974, Boland went to Rome to attend the continuing education program of the Pontifical North American College. [2] In 1983, Boland was appointed pastor of St. Anne Parish in Columbus, Georgia.
On Monday Dec. 18, news spread that Pope Francis formally approved letting Catholic priests bless same-sex couples. Savannah Morning News reached out to Diocese of Savannah Bishop Stephen D ...
Pages in category "Roman Catholic bishops of Savannah, Georgia" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
When Bishop Thomas A. Becker was appointed bishop of Savannah in 1886, Keiley asked the Vatican to be incardinated, or transferred, to the same diocese. He served as vicar general and pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Atlanta until 1896. [1] He was rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah from 1896 to 1900. [4]
Due to his chronic back problems, Lessard submitted his resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Savannah to Pope John Paul II. [5] The pope accepted it on February 7, 1995. Lessard then became a professor at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida, where he taught ecclesiology.