Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
He then returned to La Crosse, where Bishop John Joseph Paul appointed him as moderator of the curia and vice chancellor of the La Crosse diocese. In 1989, Pope John Paul II named Burke as the first American defender of the bond of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura , the highest ecclesiastical court in the Catholic Church.
The next bishop of La Crosse was Bishop Frederick Freking from the Diocese of Salina, named by Pope Paul VI in 1965. [31] During his tenure in La Crosse, Freking reduced the diocesan debt from $11 million to $4 million between 1965 and 1981. [ 32 ]
The shrine was an inspiration of Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, while he was Bishop of La Crosse, who wanted to establish a place of lasting worship for Roman Catholics to go on pilgrimage to in the Diocese of La Crosse. [4]
On December 29, 2004, Listecki was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse, succeeding Bishop Raymond Leo Burke who became archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Missouri, in St. Louis, Missouri. [11] [12] On March 1, 2005, he was installed as Bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse. [1]
Paul was appointed auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of La Crosse on May 17, 1977 by Pope Paul VI. Paul was consecrated on August 4, 1977. [2] On October 14, 1983, Paul was appointed bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse by Pope John Paul II, succeeding Bishop Frederick Freking. On December 5, 1983, he was installed as bishop.
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
William Patrick Callahan, OFM Conv. (born June 17, 1950) is an American Catholic prelate serving as Bishop of La Crosse from 2010 to May 2024. He is a member of the Conventual Franciscans . Callahan previously served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee .
The Catholic Times was the official publication of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Published bi-weekly, the newspaper had 29,000 subscribers, most of whom lived within the 19 Wisconsin counties that comprise the diocese.