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Ceiling fresco. St. Nicholas Church is an ancient East Roman basilica church in the ancient city of Myra, now a museum located in modern Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey.It was built above the burial place of Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century Christian bishop of Myra, [1] [2] an important religious figure for Eastern Orthodox Christians and Roman Catholics and the historical inspiration for Santa ...
Robert Francis Vasa (born May 7, 1951) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.On Monday, January 24, 2011, Vasa was named the coadjutor bishop to Bishop Daniel F. Walsh of the Diocese of Santa Rosa in California by Pope Benedict XVI.
Saint Nicholas of Myra [a] (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), [3] [4] [b] also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greek descent from the maritime city of Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya Province, Turkey) during the time of the Roman Empire.
José Gómez was born on December 26, 1951, in Monterrey, Mexico, to José H. Gómez and Esperanza Velasco. [4] He has three older sisters and one younger sister. [4] He attended the Monterrey Institute of Technology in Monterrey before entering the National University of Mexico in Mexico City, where he earned undergraduate degrees in accounting and philosophy. [4]
Kopacz was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Scranton on May 7, 1977, at St. Peter's Cathedral in Scranton by Bishop Joseph McCormick. [5]After his ordination, the diocese assigned Kopacz as parochial vicar of Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania, and Epiphany Parish in Sayre, Pennsylvania.
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Patrick Joseph McGrath (/ m ə ˈ ɡ r ɔː / meh-GRAW; [1] June 11, 1945 – May 7, 2023) was an Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.He served as bishop of the Diocese of San Jose in California from 1999 to 2019 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco from 1989 to 1998.
The Roman numeral before the diocese name represents where in the sequence that bishop falls; e.g., the fourth bishop of Philadelphia is written "IV Philadelphia". Where a diocese is in bold type it indicates that the bishop is the current bishop of that diocese. Titular sees are not listed. Under consecrators are the numbers (or letters ...