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The Catholic Church does recognize, as valid but illicit, ordinations done by some independent Catholic groups such as the Old Catholic Church of the Utrecht Union and the Polish National Catholic Church, so long as those receiving the ordination are baptized males and a valid rite of episcopal consecration—expressing the proper functions and ...
Bishop Jaroslav Gabro (672) was named the first bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chicago in 1961 (church pictured.) Bishop Warren Louis Boudreaux (683) was the first bishop of Houma-Thibodaux (cathedral pictured). Bishop Francis Mansour Zayek (686) was named the first apostolic exarch for the Maronite Church in the United States in ...
Bishop in the Catholic Church; Catholic Church hierarchy; List of bishops and prince-bishops of Liège; List of Catholic archdioceses (by country and continent) List of Catholic bishops in the Philippines; List of Catholic bishops in the United States; List of Catholic bishops of India; List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including ...
Catholics hold that Saint Peter was Rome's first bishop and the consecrator of Linus as its next bishop, thus starting the unbroken line which includes the current pontiff, Pope Francis. That is, the Catholic Church maintains the apostolic succession of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope – the successor to Saint Peter. [12]
The corrections concerned dates, especially in the first two centuries, birthplaces and the family name of one pope. [2] The term pope (Latin: papa, lit. 'father') is used in several churches to denote their high spiritual leaders (for example Coptic pope). This title in English usage usually refers to the head of the Catholic Church.
1789: John Carroll becomes the Bishop of Baltimore, the first bishop in the United States. 1789: Georgetown University is founded as Georgetown College. It is the oldest Catholic university in the United States and the first of 28 colleges and universities founded by the Jesuits in the US.
American religious leader and Methodist Church bishop [43] Reginald C. Fuller: 1908–2011: 102: British Roman Catholic priest [44] Irineos Galanakis: 1911–2013: 101: Greek Orthodox bishop [45] José de Jesús García Ayala: 1910–2014: 103: Mexican Roman Catholic bishop [46] Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia: 1915–2018: 102: Spanish ...
Below are bishops in the various Old Catholic Churches ... Pages in category "Old Catholic bishops" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.