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Bishop John Fitzpatrick of the Diocese of Boston recommended Louis de Goesbriand, vicar-general of the Diocese of Cleveland, as the first bishop of Burlington. On July 29, 1853, Pope Pius IX erected the Diocese of Burlington, taking Vermont from the Diocese of Boston. He designated the new diocese as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of New York ...
One of three children, Kenneth Angell was born on August 3, 1930, in Providence, Rhode Island, to Henry and Mae (née Cooney) Angell. [1] After attending public elementary schools in East Providence, Rhode Island, he studied at Our Lady of Providence Seminary [2] in Warwick, Rhode Island and at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland. [1]
Joseph Rice was born on December 6, 1871, in Leicester, Massachusetts, to Henry and Catherine (née Donnelly) Rice. [1] After graduating from Leicester Academy in Leicester in 1888, he studied at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts (1888–1891), and at the Grand Seminary of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec (1891–1894).
Louis Edward Gélineau (May 3, 1928 – November 7, 2024) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as bishop of the Diocese of Providence from 1972 to 1997. After his retirement in 2004, Gelineau was named in multiple lawsuits regarding sexual abuse by priests in the diocese during his tenure as bishop.
On November 11, 1944, Ryan was appointed the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Burlington by Pope Pius XII. [3] He received his episcopal consecration on January 3, 1945, from Archbishop Richard Cushing , with Archbishop Francis Spellman and Bishop Francis Keough serving as co-consecrators . [ 3 ]
Thomas Gumbleton, a Catholic bishop in Detroit who for decades was an international voice against war and racism and an advocate for labor and social justice, died Thursday. Gumbleton's death was ...
On September 1, 1953, Flanagan was appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Norwich by Pope Pius XII.Flanagan received his episcopal consecration on December 3, 1953, in Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Burlington, Vermont, from Bishop Edward Ryan, with Bishops Vincent Waters and John Cody serving as co-consecrators. [3]
Jul. 30—A former altar boy who accused Manchester Bishop Peter A. Libasci of sexual abuse in the 1980s died earlier this month, leaving the status of his civil case against the bishop uncertain.