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The Diocese of Cheyenne was without a bishop for the next three years. On December 18, 1896, Thomas Lenihan of the Archdiocese of Dubuque was named the second bishop of Cheyenne by Leo XIII. When Lenihan arrived in Cheyenne in 1897, the diocese contained eight priests, nine churches, and one parochial school for 3,000 Catholics. [11]
Pope Francis appointed Biegler as the ninth bishop of Cheyenne on March 16, 2017. [2] [3] On June 5, 2017, Biegler was consecrated during an installation mass at the Cheyenne Civic Center in Cheyenne. Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila was his consecrator, with Gruss and Bishop Paul D. Etienne serving as co-consecrators. Biegler is a member of the ...
Etienne was ordained a priest by Bishop Gerald Gettelfinger for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on June 27, 1992. [4] After his ordination, Etienne served as assistant pastor of Saint Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis and assistant vocation director for the archdiocese. He returned to Rome in 1994, obtaining his Licentiate of Spiritual Theology ...
On August 9, 1887, Burke was appointed the first bishop of the new Diocese of Cheyenne by Pope Leo XIII. [3] Burke received his episcopal consecration on October 28, 1887, from Archbishop Patrick Feehan, with Bishops William McCloskey and Henry Cosgrove serving as co-consecrators, at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.
On December 14, 1999, Ricken was appointed as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne by Pope John Paul II to assist Bishop Joseph Hart.Ricken received his episcopal consecration in Rome on January 6, 2000, from John Paul II, with Archbishops Giovanni Re and Marcello Zago serving as co-consecrators, in St. Peter's Basilica. [2]
News of Joseph Hart’s death evoked a strong reaction from sexual abuse survivors and their families.
The Diocese of Saint Petersburg was erected in 1968 with Charles Borromeo McLaughlin (701) as its first bishop (cathedral pictured.) Bishop Justin Najmy (731) was named the first apostolic exarch for the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the United States in 1968 (cathedral pictured.) Humberto Sousa Medeiros (733) was cardinal and archbishop of ...
Joseph Hubert Hart (September 26, 1931 – August 23, 2023) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.He served as bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne in Wyoming from 1978 to 2001 and as auxiliary bishop of the same diocese from 1976 to 1978.