Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic , Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place.
It was set up around the year 1100; the date 1112 is given, but Benedetto of Dolia was bishop from around 1095, [3] and 1112 is the year of his death. The earlier date 1089, for bishop Virgilio, is attested. [4] The diocese was suppressed in 1503, its territory going to the diocese of Cagliari. [5] [6] It was revived as a Catholic titular see ...
The site of the church has been connected with Christian worship as early as the 6th century, as testified by a Palaeo-Christian baptismal font housed under the church's presbytery. The existence of the diocese of Dolia (the ancient name of Dolianova) is documented from 1089 until 1503, when it was merged into the archdiocese of Cagliari. [1]
On 18 Apr 1493, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VI as Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn and Titular Bishop of Tiflis. [1] On 1 May 1493, he was consecrated bishop by Tito Veltri de Viterbe, Bishop of Castro del Lazio, with Matteo Giudici, Bishop of Penne e Atri, and Raimundo de Loaria, Bishop of Dolia, serving as co ...
Edward Joseph Adams (born August 24, 1944) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1976. He was the apostolic nuncio to Great Britain from 2017 to 2020 and held earlier postings in Greece, Asia, Africa and Central America.
Bruce Alan Lewandowski, CSsR (born June 8, 1967) is an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and a member of the Redemptorists. He has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland, since 2020. He previously served in New York City, Saint Lucia, and Pennsylvania. [1]
Waltersheid was appointed auxiliary bishop of Pittsburgh with the titular see of California by Pope Benedict XVI on February 25, 2011. On March 11, 2011, Waltersheid was appointed as episcopal vicar for clergy and secretary for clergy. He was consecrated by Bishop David Zubik on April 25, 2011, at St. Paul's Cathedral in Pittsburgh. [3]
Joseph Oliver Bowers, SVD (28 March 1910 – 5 November 2012) was a Catholic prelate from Dominica who served as Bishop of St. Johns–Basseterre from 1971 to 1981. He previously served as Bishop of Accra beginning in 1953. He was the first Black Catholic bishop from the Western Hemisphere, [1] and the first ever to ordain Black priests.