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Niedergeses retired in 1992. To replace him, John Paul II that same year named Auxiliary Bishop Edward Kmiec of the Diocese of Trenton as bishop of Nashville. [16] Twelve years later, in 2004, John Paul II named Kmiec as bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo. [17] The next bishop of Nashville was David Choby, named by Pope Benedict XVI in 2005.
Pope Francis appointed Spalding on November 21, 2017, as the twelfth bishop of Nashville. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He was consecrated on February 2, 2018. by Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz , with Archbishop Christophe Pierre and Cardinal Justin Rigali serving as co-consecrators.
When a diocese is suppressed or when the diocesan see is transferred to another location, the title of the former see becomes available for assignment to a titular bishop or, in the case of an archdiocese, a titular archbishop or an archbishop ad personam. The Vatican resurrected the names of many former sees of the United States in the 1990s ...
James Siemens - British/Canadian academic and former priest of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London, a diocese of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the United Kingdom. Excommunicated for converting to the Orthodox Church and becoming a priest of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe in 2020.
Alphonse Smith was born on November 14, 1883, in Madison, Indiana He was ordained a priest in Rome by Cardinal Pietro Respighi on April 18, 1908, for the Diocese of Indianapolis. [ 1 ] Bishop of Nashville
Pages in category "Roman Catholic bishops of Nashville" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pope Francis appointed Beckman bishop for the Diocese of Knoxville on May 7, 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] On July 26, 2024, Beckman was consecrated as a bishop. See also
Francis Shea was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on December 4, 1913. [1] He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Nashville on March 19, 1939 in Rome by Bishop Ralph Hayes. [2] [1] Shea served several assignments around Tennessee over the next three decades.