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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.
Fresno diocese leader Bishop Joseph V. Brennan said the move to file for bankruptcy was necessary since the diocese has been flooded with sexual abuse claims.
Aug. 10—The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno has released a list of "credibly accused clergy" that includes Craig Harrison, the former Bakersfield priest who resigned his position in February ...
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 ...
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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.
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 ...
A Florida priest is accused of biting a woman during a dispute at Sunday Mass and could be charged with battery. The woman attended a 10 a.m. service at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in St. Cloud on ...