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This is a list of notable Anglican bishops who converted to the Catholic Church.. A broad definition of 'Anglican' is employed here, including churches within the Anglican Communion, but also those of the Continuing Anglican movement which formed following controversy over various actual or proposed theological and doctrinal reforms, such as the ordination of women.
Achrafieh (Arabic: الأشرفية) is an upper-class area in eastern Beirut, Lebanon. [1] In strictly administrative terms, the name refers to a sector ( secteur ) centred on Sassine Square, the highest point in the city, as well as a broader quarter ( quartier ).
Cathedrals of the Catholic Church in Lebanon: [1] Patriarchal Seat in Bkerké (Maronite Church) Cathedral of St. Georges in Ehden; Church of Our Lady of Zgharta in Zgharta; Cathedral of Our Lady of Annunciation in Beirut (Syriac Catholic Church) St. Barbara Cathedral in Baalbek (Melkite Greek Catholic Church) Cathedral of St. Stephen in Batroun ...
The Archdiocese of San Antonio (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Antonii) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. It encompasses 27,841 square miles (72,110 km 2) in the U.S. state of Texas. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio had a self-reported 2018 population of 796,954, up from 728,001 in 2014.
The first Catholic mission in Texas, then part of the Spanish Empire, was San Francisco de los Tejas. It was founded by Franciscan Father Damián Massanet in 1690 in the Weches area. The priests left the mission after three years, then established a second mission, Nuestro Padre San Francisco de los Tejas . near present-day Alto in 1716.
In the Catholic Church, a titular bishop is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. [1] Examples of bishops belonging to this category are coadjutor bishops , auxiliary bishops , bishops emeriti , vicars apostolic , nuncios , superiors of departments in the Roman Curia , and cardinal bishops of suburbicarian dioceses (since they are not in ...
The History of the Catholic Church, From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium James Hitchcock, Ph.D. Ignatius Press, 2012 ISBN 978-1-58617-664-8; Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church. Crocker, H.W. Bokenkotter, Thomas. A Concise History of the Catholic Church. Revised and expanded ed. New York: Image Books Doubleday, 2005.
After the American Civil War ended in 1865, a new Catholic mission was founded in 1867 at Ben Ficklin, Texas, to serve US Army troops stationed at the new Fort Concho. In Abilene , a Catholic mission was established in the 1880s; it became Sacred Heart Church in 1891. [ 6 ]