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An Eastern Catholic bishop of the Syro-Malabar Church holding the Mar Thoma Cross which symbolizes the heritage and identity of the Syrian Church of Saint Thomas Christians of India Johann Otto von Gemmingen, Prince-Bishop of Augsburg in Bavaria, 1591–1598, carrying a crosier and wearing a mitre and pluviale.
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).
Archdiocese of Washington: (2) Bishops Esposito-Garcia and Menjivar-Ayala; Additionally, there are several dozen bishops currently serving in the United States who are first-generation American-born children of immigrant parents. The majority of Eastern Rite Catholic bishops in the U.S. are foreign-born.
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]
In 2001, Bishop Wilton Gregory was appointed president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the first African American ever to head an episcopal conference. He has since been named a cardinal, another first for an African-American.
All Catholic bishops, archbishops, patriarchs and cardinals by GCatholic; Catholic bishops and their apostolic succession Catholic Hierarchy; Independent Movement Database – Database of Independent Bishops and Priest; The World of Autocephalous Churches; The Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church
In 1823, Fenwick, who became Ohio's first Catholic bishop, granted the Cantonians permission to establish a parish and build the first Saint John on five acres of land donated by Shorb, a German ...
Pages in category "1st-century bishops" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Addai of Edessa;