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Martin John Amos (born December 8, 1941) is an American Catholic prelate who served as an auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Cleveland from 2001 to 2006. He was previously Bishop of Davenport from 2006 to 2017.
Since taking office, Bishop Martin John Amos has had to deal with the fallout from the sexual abuse scandal that had engulfed the Church. Two days before he assumed office, the Diocese of Davenport filed for Chapter Eleven bankruptcy protection.
Corporation of Presiding Bishop v. Amos, 483 U.S. 327 (1987), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the court decided that the exemption of religious organizations from the prohibition of religious discrimination in employment in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is constitutional.
In 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Auxiliary Bishop Martin Amos of the Diocese of Cleveland as the eighth bishop of Davenport. [25] Two days before Amos assumed office, the diocese filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection.
Martin John Amos: bishop emeritus Diocese of Davenport: William Edwin Franklin: bishop emeritus Diocese of Davenport: Joseph Léo Charron: bishop emeritus Diocese of Des Moines: Richard Edmund Pates: bishop emeritus Diocese of Des Moines: Galveston-Houston: Curtis J. Guillory: bishop emeritus Diocese of Beaumont: Edmond Carmody: bishop emeritus ...
The Charlotte diocese installed its first new bishop in 20 years. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...
Amos was 84 when he died in L.A. on Aug. 21 of natural causes, his son Kelly Christopher "K.C." Amos confirmed to PEOPLE in a statement ... Martin Lawrence reacted to the news in a post on X ...
He was ordained a bishop at St. John Vianney Church in Bettendorf, Iowa, by Archbishop Michael Jackels of Dubuque, with Bishop Martin Amos and Archbishop Jerome Hanus as co-consecrators. [5] On June 3, 2019, Zinkula indicated that the diocese would comply with a request from the Iowa Attorney General for sexual abuse records on clergy in the ...