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To replace Hafey as bishop of Raleigh, the pope appointed Monsignor Eugene J. McGuinness from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia that same year. In 1944, Pope Pius XII transferred seven counties from Belmont Abbey to the Diocese of Raleigh. Later in 1944, Pius XII named McGuiness as bishop of the Diocese of Oklahoma City.
Michael Francis Burbidge (born June 16, 1957) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Arlington since 2016. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 2002 to 2006 and as Bishop of Raleigh from 2006 to 2016.
Francis Gossman died in Raleigh from a long-term illness on August 12, 2013, at age 83. [ 3 ] The Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh gives the Bishop F. Joseph Gossman Award each year to a high school senior with high personal, spiritual and academic achievement.
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.
On March 15, 1945, Waters was appointed the third bishop of the Diocese of Raleigh by Pope Pius XII. [2] He received his episcopal consecration on May 15, 1945, from Bishop Peter Ireton, with Bishops Gerald O'Hara and Emmet M. Walsh serving as co-consecrators. [2] In 1953, a year before Brown v.
James Johnston Navagh (April 4, 1901 – October 2, 1965) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Raleigh in North Carolina (1952-1957), bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg in New York (1957–1963) and bishop of the Diocese of Paterson in New Jersey (1963–1965).
On October 13, 1937, McGuinness was appointed bishop of Raleigh by Pope Pius XI. [2] He received his episcopal consecration on December 21, 1937, from Cardinal Dennis Dougherty , with bishops William O'Brien and Hugh L. Lamb serving as co-consecrators .
[8] [1] The pope appointed Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Welsh of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia as the first bishop of Arlington. [9] During his tenure, Welsh established six new parishes and dedicated eleven new churches in the diocese. He created the Office of Migration and Refugee Services in 1975 and the Family Life Bureau in 1977.