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The diocese was established in 1887, following the arrival of many Irish, German and Czech Catholic immigrants to the region. Starting in 2003, amid a widespread sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, Lincoln was the only diocese in the United States to refuse to comply with the church's procedures for handling sexual abuse allegations.
The modern diocese remains notoriously extensive, having been reportedly referred to by Bob Hardy, Bishop of Lincoln, as "2,000 square miles of bugger all" in 2002. [ 1 ] The dioceses of Oxford and Peterborough were created in 1541 out of parts of the diocese, which left the diocese with two disconnected fragments, north and south.
The Cathedral of the Risen Christ is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. The cathedral parish traces its roots back to Holy Family Church, a parish founded in 1926 and organized in 1932. [1] On June 20, 1963, the construction was begun on Cathedral of the Risen Christ.
The diocese was the largest in England, extending from the River Thames to the Humber Estuary. In 1072, Remigius de Fécamp moved the see of Dorchester to Lincoln, but the bishops of Lincoln retained significant landholdings within Oxfordshire. Because of this historic link, for a long time Banbury remained a "peculiar" of the Bishop of Lincoln.
James Douglas Conley (born March 19, 1955) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln in Nebraska since 2012. He served as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Denver in Colorado from 2008 to 2012.
In 1997, the diocese purchased the former Rivendell Psychiatric Hospital for Juveniles in Seward, Nebraska for $1.35 million ($2.56 million in 2023); following the purchase, more than $1 million in renovations were done to convert the property. [1] [2] The seminary opened in August 1998, with 21 seminarians from the Diocese of Lincoln. [3]
Pre- and post- Reformation bishops of the Diocese of Lincoln, with its seat at Lincoln Cathedral. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln (5 P) Pages in category "Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.