Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
An Eastern Catholic bishop of the Syro-Malabar Church holding the Mar Thoma Cross which symbolizes the heritage and identity of the Syrian Church of Saint Thomas Christians of India Johann Otto von Gemmingen, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg in Bavaria, 1591–1598, carrying a crosier and wearing a mitre and pluviale.
This is an online database of bishops and dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church. It contains geographical, organizational and address information on each Catholic diocese in the world, including Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with the Holy See, such as the Maronite Catholic Church or the Syro-Malabar Church.
Most nations with large Catholic populations in non-missionary geographical areas propose and elect native-born clergy to the episcopacy. An exception to this rule is the United States, which has a significant number of foreign-born bishops, with most serving as auxiliaries in culturally diverse dioceses.
Bishop Jaroslav Gabro (672) was named the first bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago in 1961 (church pictured.) Bishop Warren Louis Boudreaux (683) was the first bishop of Houma-Thibodaux (cathedral pictured).
All Catholic bishops, archbishops, patriarchs and cardinals by GCatholic; Catholic bishops and their apostolic succession Catholic Hierarchy; Independent Movement Database – Database of Independent Bishops and Priest; The World of Autocephalous Churches; The Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church
Coat of arms before becoming a cardinal (used 2015–2022) Robert Walter McElroy (born February 5, 1954) is an American Catholic prelate who was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope Francis in 2022 and was also appointed as Archbishop of Washington in 2025.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States.Founded in 2001 after the merger of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United States Catholic Conference (USCC), it is composed of all active and retired members of the Catholic hierarchy (i.e., diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary bishops and the ...
Espaillat was consecrated as a bishop at St. Patrick's Cathedral by Cardinal Timothy Dolan on March 1, 2022, with Auxiliary Bishops John O'Hara and Gerald Walsh acting as co-consecrators. [6] At age 45, Espaillat became the youngest Catholic bishop in the United States and one of the youngest in the world. [9]