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Myra Virginia Simmons (June 8, 1880 – March 16, 1965) was a California suffragist and leader of the Colored American Equal Suffrage League (CAESL). She was a prominent Bay Area community organizer who served as Chair of the Women's Civic and Progressive League in Oakland.
Previously clergy were disqualified to sit in the House of Commons due to the House of Commons (Clergy Disqualification) Act 1801 and section 10 of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975. The Bill was a reaction to the selection of David Cairns , a laicised Catholic priest, as the Labour candidate for the safe seat of Greenock and ...
Saint Nicholas of Myra [a] (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), [3] [4] [b] also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from the maritime city of Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey) during the time of the Roman Empire.
Ceiling fresco. St. Nicholas Church is an ancient East Roman basilica church in the ancient city of Myra, now a museum located in modern Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey.It was built above the burial place of Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century Christian bishop of Myra, [1] [2] an important religious figure for Eastern Orthodox Christians and Roman Catholics and the historical inspiration for Santa ...
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He retired on December 31, 1979, for health reasons. Myers was also in favor of ministering to homosexual people as he himself stated in the report of the Theological Committee at the House of Bishop's meeting in Port St. Lucie, Florida, in 1977. He moved to Healdsburg, California, after his retirement.
Timothy Freyer was born on October 13, 1963, in Los Angeles and grew up in Huntington Beach, California.Freyer is the only child of Jerry and Patricia Freyer. [1] [2] After graduating from Huntington Beach High School, he entered the St. John's Seminary College in Camarillo, California, where he earned his bachelor's degree.
A United Methodist Church court acquitted a California bishop Friday of all charges in the first trial of one of the church’s bishops in nearly a century. Bishop Minerva Carcaño, the first ...