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On 5 December 2017, Martin was appointed by Pope Francis to replace Barry Jones, the 9th bishop of Christchurch, who died on 13 February 2016.On 3 March 2018 he was consecrated as the 10th bishop of Christchurch, in a large gathering at Boy's High School Auditorium, Christchurch, by Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington, bishop emeritus of Christchurch Basil Meeking and Charles Drennan ...
By the Empress's persuasion, John was appointed Bishop of Piacenza, and he was sent to Constantinople to accompany home a Byzantine princess for the younger Otto. After Otto II's death, the youthful Otto III came to the aid of Pope John XV in 996, to put down the rebellion of a faction led by the rich and powerful Roman nobleman Crescentius the ...
John XVI IOANNES Sextus Decimus: Rossanum, Calabria, Italy, Eastern Roman Empire Born as an Eastern Roman citizen. In opposition to Gregory V: 139 2 April 999 – 12 May 1003 (4 years, 40 days) Sylvester II SILVESTER Secundus: c. 945 Belliac, France: 54 / 58 Born Gerbert, a subject of the Kingdom of France, who was the first French pope.
Awarded the Benemerenti medal by Pope John Paul II for service to the Parish of Fintona County Tyrone. November 2001 Irene Fleming: Awarded the Benemerenti medal by Pope John Paul II for service to the Church. An orphan, Irene Fleming migrated from her native Trinidad to Canada in her 40's where she worked as a nurse's aide, providing years of ...
John Paul II also visited Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific island nations of Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. His successor, Benedict XVI, became pope at an advanced age and ...
The official style of the Catholic pope in English is "His Holiness Pope [papal name]". 'Holy Father' is another honorific often used for popes. The full title, rarely used, of the Catholic pope in English is: "His Holiness [papal name], Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and ...
Pope John Paul II appealed to him not to proceed in "a schismatic act", warning of "theological and canonical consequences". [ 104 ] On 30 June 1988, Lefebvre, with Bishop Emeritus Antônio de Castro Mayer of Campos , Brazil , as co-consecrator, consecrated four SSPX priests as bishops: Bernard Tissier de Mallerais , Richard Williamson ...
On 29 December 1979, Pope John Paul II appointed Martini Archbishop of Milan. Martini received his episcopal consecration from John Paul the following 6 January, with Archbishop Eduardo Martínez Somalo and Bishop Ferdinando Maggioni serving as co-consecrators.