- Joseph A. Galante
"The Most Reverend" Joseph Anthony Galante, BA, DD, JCD (born July 2, 1938) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the Bishop of Camden, having previously served as Bishop of Beaumont from 1994 to 1999 and Coadjutor Bishop of Dallas from 1999 to 2004. - Fouad Twal
Fouad Twal (born October 23, 1940 at Madaba) is a Roman Catholic bishop. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1966, and appointed the prelate of the territorial prelature of Tunis by Pope John Paul II on May 30, 1992. He was concrecrated to the episcopate on July 22 later that year. In 1995, the territorial prelature was elevated to become the Diocese of Tunis, and Twal was made an archbishop "ad personam". - Joseph Rosati
Joseph Rosati (1789 - 1843) was a U.S. (Italian-born) Catholic bishop. He served as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Louis between 1826 and 1843. He was born in Sora, Italy, in what was then the Neopolitan Republic. He completed his education in 1807, and took his vows as a Vincentian in 1808. In 1811, Rosati was ordained a priest. In 1816, he arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, relocating to Bardstown, Kentucky later that same year. - Domingos Lam
Domingos Lam Ka Tseung was the first Chinese born bishop in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau. On May 26 1987 he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Macau and succedeed to Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa, the last portuguese bishop, on October 6 1988. He resigned on June 30 2003. - James T. McHugh
Bishop James Thomas McHugh (January 3, 1932 - December 10, 2000) was the third bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre in Long Island, New York. McHugh was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey in 1957, and later became an auxiliary bishop there. McHugh served as the fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Camden, New Jersey from 1989 to 1998. - José Tomás Sánchez
"His Eminence" José Tomás Cardinal Sánchez is a Roman Catholic archbishop and Cardinal Priest from the Philippines. He was born in Pandan town in the island-province of Catanduanes and attended the seminary of the Holy Rosary in Naga City, where he obtained a doctorate in theology at the University of Santo Tomas of Manila. He was ordained a priest on 12 May 1946. As a priest, Sánchez carried out an intense pastoral activity in Sorsogon and Legazpi City, … - John Clayton Nienstedt
Archbishop John Clayton Nienstedt is the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of New Ulm and is the coadjutor bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. As coadjutor, archbishop Nienstedt will become the archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis when the Pope accepts the resignation of current Archbishop Harry Flynn upon his retirement at the age of 75 - Kuriakose Kunnacherry
Kuriakose Kunnacherry (September 11, 1928 - January 14, 2006 was born in Kaduthuruthy, India. Ordained in 1955, he became Coadjutor Bishop of Kottayam in 1967. That same year he was appointed Titular Bishop of Cephas. In May of 1974 he became bishop of Kottayam, becoming the archbishop of that same territory in 2005. - Leo Binz
Leonard Binz (October 31 1900 - October 9 1979) was a Roman Catholic Bishop and Archbishop. From Stockton, Illinois, Archbishop Binz is believed to have been the first priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford to be named a Bishop. Leo Binz was ordained as a priest on March 15, 1924. In December, 1942 he was ordained as a Bishop. He was assigned as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Winona, … - John Brewer
Bishop John (Jack) Brewer was the fourth Bishop of Lancaster, in the northwest of England. He was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Shrewsbury, where he later became Auxiliary Bishop. Bishop Brewer was installed as Bishop of Lancaster on 22 May 1985 following the retirement of Bishop Brian Charles Foley, with whom he served for a time as Coadjutor Bishop. He died of Cancer, while still in office, … - Allen Henry Vigneron
Allen Henry Vigneron (born October 21, 1948 in Mount Clemens, Michigan) is a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He is the current Bishop of Oakland in California. Vigneron was ordained to the presbyterium and served as priest in Detroit. On June 12, 1996, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit, ordained to the episcopate on July 9, 1996. He was also named the Titular Bishop of the Titular see of Sault Sainte Marie. - Thomas Patrick Roger Foley
Thomas Patrick Roger Foley (March 6, 1822-February 19, 1879) was a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He served as Coadjutor Bishop of Chicago from March 10, 1870 until his death on February 19, 1879. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Foley attended local schools when he was convinced of a calling to Holy Orders. He was ordained to the presbyterium of the Archdiocese of Baltimore on August 16, 1846. - J. Michael Miller
John Michael Miller, CSB (born July 9, 1946) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as coadjutor bishop of the Archdiocese of Vancouver. He was appointed to this post on June 1, 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. He is also Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education for the Roman Curia. Furthermore, Archbishop Miller is also vice-president of the Pontifical Work of Priestly Vocations, … - Patrick Joseph McGrath
Patrick Joseph McGrath (b. July 11, 1945) is the second Roman Catholic Bishop of San Jose in California, USA. Known as P.J., McGrath was born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and attended St. John's Seminary in Waterford, where he was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1970. He earned a doctorate in Canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University in 1977. - Joseph Cassidy
Joseph Cassidy (born 29 October, 1933) is a Roman Catholic bishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Tuam. He was born in Charlestown, County Mayo Ireland. He was ordained a priest on 21 June, 1959 for the Diocese of Achonry. He later transferred to the Diocese of Clonfert, where he taught at St. Joseph's College, Ballinasloe and was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese on 24 August 1979. He was ordained a bishop on 23 September, 1979, … - Ludwig Averkamp
Ludwig Averkamp is a German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Osnabrück from 1987 to 1994, and Archbishop of Hamburg from 1994 to 2002. Born in Velen, Averkamp was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Ettore Cunial on October 10, 1954. On January 18, 1973, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Münster and Titular Bishop of "Thapsus". - Wolfgang Haas
Wolfgang Haas (born August 7, 1948 in Vaduz) is the first archbishop of the Archdiocese of Vaduz in Liechtenstein. He was ordained a priest as well as incardinated in Chur on April 7 1974. At the request of the bishop of Chur Johannes Vonderach, Haas was appointed to the position of coadjutor bishop of Chur on March 25 1988. On May 22, 1988 Haas then became bishop of Chur. - George Murry
Bishop George Vance Murry was born in Camden, New Jersey in 1948. In 1972, he became a member of the Jesuits religious order. On Wednesday, March 28, Bishop Murry was installed as the the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown. Bishop Murry obtained an M.Div. degree from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and a Masters and a Ph.D. in American Cultural History from George Washington University in Washington, … - Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
"His Eminence Cardinal " Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, JCD (born February 5, 1924) is an Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Roman Curia, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985. Note that his forename is Lourdusamy; Simon is his father's forname; and Duraisamy is his surname or, more exactly, his "house" name. - John Mark Jabalé
The Rt Revd John Mark Jabalé, OSB is the Bishop of Menevia. He was appointed bishop on 11 June 2001. Prior to his appointment, he was coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Menevia. - Lorenzo Bianchi
Lorenzo Bianchi was born in Italy, at Corteno, near Brescia, Mons. Lorenzo Bianchi was ordained Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) on September 23, 1922 and arrived in Hong Kong September 13, 1923. In 1924, he exercised his apostolic mission in Sai Kung, New Territories; from 1925 to 1929 in Swa Bue, Hoi Fung District; from 1930 to 1941 (and for a 2nd time from 1948 to 1949) he was the director of Hoi Fung District. - Cláudio Cardinal Hummes
Auri Alfonso Hummes was born in Montenegro to Pedro Adão Hummes, a Brazilian, and Maria Frank, a German. Taking the name Cláudio upon his profession as a Franciscan, he was ordained to the priesthood on August 3, 1958 by Archbishop João Resende Costa, SDB. He obtained a doctorate in philosophy in 1963 from the Pontifical Antonianum Athenaeum in Rome. From 1963 until 1968, he taught philosophy at the Franciscan seminary in Garibaldi, … - John Joseph Mitty
John Joseph Mitty (20 January 1884-15 October 1961) was an American Roman Catholic bishop. He served as the third Bishop of Salt Lake City and the fourth Archbishop of San Francisco. Mitty was born in New York City. He attended St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, and was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New York on 22 December, 1906. During the First World War, he served as a chaplain in the Vicariate Apostolic for the Military. - Francisco Mora Y Borrell
Francisco Mora i Borrell was a Spanish Catalan American Roman Catholic priest, serving as the Bishop of Monterey-Los Angeles from 1878 to 1896. Franciso Mora was born in Gurb (Catalonia), Spain on November 25, 1827. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Monterey, on March 19, 1856 and served as a missionary priest in several rural parishes until 1863 when he was named rector of the Church of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. - Thomas Kiely Gorman
Thomas Kiely Gorman (August 30, 1892 - August 16, 1980) was a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Born in Pasadena, California, Gorman was ordained to the presbyterium of the Archdiocese of Monterrey on June 23, 1917. On April 24, 1931, Gorman was appointed the first bishop of the Diocese of Reno and was ordained to the episcopate on July 22 of that year. - Stanislaus Vincent Bona
Stanislaus Vincent Bona (October 1, 1888 in Chicago, Illinois, USA - December 1, 1967 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay from March 3, 1945, when he succeeded Bishop Paul Peter Rhode on his death as Bishop. Bishop Bona was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on November 1, 1912 for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. - Joseph Charbonneau
Joseph Charbonneau, (July 31, 1892-November 19, 1959) was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Montreal from 1940 to 1950. Born in Lefaivre, Alfred and Plantagenet, he was ordained to the priesthood on June 24, 1916. On June 22, 1939, Charbonneau was appointed Bishop of Hearst by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following August 15 from Archbishop Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes, with Archbishop Emile Yelle, … - John Patrick Treacy
John Patrick Treacy (July 23, 1891 - October 11, 1964) was an American Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on December 8 1918 for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio. He was appointed Coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse on August 22 1945, and was ordained a Roman Catholic bishop on October 2 1945. - Giuseppe Molinari
Giuseppe Molinari (born January 11, 1938) is an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, currently serving as Archbishop of L'Aquila. Born in Scoppito, he was ordained to the priesthood on June 29, 1962. On September 30, 1989, Molinari was appointed Bishop of Rieti by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 8 from Archbishop Mario Peressin, with Bishop Francesco Amadio and Archbishop Cleto Bellucci serving as co-consecrators. - Hugh O’reilly
The Most Reverend Dr. Hugh O’Reilly was appointed the Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Clogher in Ireland on 27 April, 1777. He was ordained a bishop on 29 July of that same year. He became bishop of the diocese on 28 March, 1778, following the death of his predecessor, Dr. Daniel O’Reilly. Ordained a bishop at the age of thirty eight years, Hugh O’Reilly was the youngest bishop of the diocese in modern times. He died in office in on 3 September, … - James Pike
James Albert Pike (February 14, 1913 - September 1969) was an American Episcopal bishop, prolific writer, and one of the first mainline religious figures to appear regularly on television. He was the fifth Bishop of California. - Patrick William Riordan
Patrick William Riordan was a Roman Catholic priest and the second Archbishop of San Francisco. Patrick W. Riordan (1841–1914) was born in Chatham, New Brunswick, on August 27, 1841. His parents, Matthew Riordan and Mary Dunne. Riordan studied at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana; North American College, Rome, Italy; Colonial Seminary, Paris, France; American College, Leuven, … - Roman Danylak
Roman Danylak, S.T.L., J.U.D. (born December 29, 1930, Toronto, Canada) is an Ukrainian Catholic bishop. He was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1957 and ministered to Ukrainian Catholics in Canada. He received a licentiate of sacred theology from the Pontifical Urbaniana University and a doctorate of canon and civil law from the Pontifical Lateran University. - Christo Proykov
Christo Proykov born March 11, 1946 in Sofia, is currently the Bishop of Sofia. He was ordained a priest on May 23, 1971, then appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Sofia and Titular Bishop of Briula on 18 December, 1993. On 5 September, 1995 he became Bishop of Sofia. - Joseph Aloysius Durick
Joseph Aloysius Durick (October 13, 1914 - June 26, 1994) was a U.S. Roman Catholic bishop and civil rights advocate. Born in Dayton, Tennessee, he grew up in Bessemer, Alabama. He studied at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore and was ordained in Rome. On December 30, 1954, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Mobile-Birmingham, Alabama, and titular bishop of Cerbali. At age 40 he was one of the youngest bishops in the U.S. On December 11, 1963, … - Auguste Haouisée
Auguste Haouisée, SJ (October 1, 1877-September 10, 1948) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Bishop of Shanghai from 1946 until his death, having previously served as its Apostolic Vicar. Born in Évran, he was ordained as a Jesuit priest on June 10, 1910. On June 25, 1928, Haouisée was appointed Coadjutor Apostolic Vicar of Nanking, and Titular Bishop of "Cercina" on July 2 of that same year. - James Edwin Cassidy
James Edwin Cassidy (August 1 1869 - May 17 1951) served as the third Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He was ordained a priest September 8 1898 and was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River on March 21 1930. He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Fall River on July 13 1934 as the health of his predecessor, Daniel Francis Feehan, declined. After Bishop Feehan's death on July 19, Cassidy succeeded him as bishop on July 28 1934. - James Charles McDonald
James Charles McDonald (June 14, 1840 - December 1, 1912) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown. Born in St. Andrews, Prince Edward Island, McDonald received his education from the Central Academy in Charlottetown and taught in a number of Island schools for many years. Following the completion of his studies at Charlottetown's St. Dunsant's College, … - Licínio Rangel
Licinio Rangel was a bishop of the Catholic Church from Campos, Brazil. He was validly consecrated a bishop, although without papal mandate, on July 28, 1991 at São Fidelis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, assisted by Alfonso de Galarreta and Richard Williamson (all three from Society of St. Pius X). He succeeded bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer in 1991 as superior of the Priestly Society of Saint John Mary Vianney, … - John A. Floersh
John Alexander Floersh was Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville from 1924 to 1967. He began to study for the priesthood at age sixteen. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in 1907 and a Doctor of Divinity in 1911 from Propaganda Fide College in Rome under his mentor Giovanni Bonzano, who eventually became a Cardinal. He became a monsignor in 1917, and came to Louisville in 1923 at age 36 as coadjutor bishop to the ailing Bishop Denis O'Donaghue.
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