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Diocese Of Maxita
The Diocese of Maxita (Massita in curiate Italian) is a bishopric in Algeria. It was a Roman Catholic Church diocese in the Roman province of Africa Proconsulare. History Maxita is located in the Al-Asnam region of Algeria. It is an ancient Christian episcopal see in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis, suffragan of the Metropolitan of its capital Caesarea Mauretaniae. It ''may'' have been centered on the unrecorded basilica discovered at Al Asnam, but was to fade. Only one bishop is known from antiquity: Felix (Italian: Felice), among the Catholic prelates summoned to the Council of Carthage (484) by the Arian Vandal king Huneric. Titulars see The diocese of Maxita (the Italian Curiate form being Massita) was nominally restored in 1933 as a titular bishopric, of the lowest (episcopal) rank. It has had the following, near-consecutive incumbents: * Romeo Roy Blanchette † (8 Feb 1965 Appointed – 19 July 1966 Appointed, Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, US) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Algeria–Niger border, the southeast by Niger; to Algeria–Western Sahara border, the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to Algeria–Morocco border, the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The capital and List of cities in Algeria, largest city is Algiers, located in the far north on the Mediterranean coast. Inhabited since prehistory, Algeria has been at the crossroads of numerous cultures and civilisations, including the Phoenicians, Numidians, Ancient Rome, Romans, Vandals, and Byzantine Greeks. Its modern identity is rooted in centuries of Arab migrations to the Maghreb, Arab Muslim migration waves since Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the seventh century and the subsequent Arabization, Arabisation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vandal Kingdom
The Vandal Kingdom () or Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans () was a confederation of Vandals and Alans, which was a barbarian kingdoms, barbarian kingdom established under Gaiseric, a Vandals, Vandalic warlord. It ruled parts of North Africa and the Mediterranean for 99 years from 435 to 534 AD. In 429 AD, the Vandals, estimated to number 80,000 people, had crossed by boat from Hispania to North Africa. They advanced eastward, conquering the coastal regions of what is now Tunisia, and Algeria. In 435, the Western Roman Empire, then ruling North Africa, allowed the Vandals to settle in the provinces of Numidia (Roman province), Numidia and Mauretania Caesariensis, Mauretania when it became clear that the Vandal army could not be defeated by Roman military forces. In 439, the Vandals renewed their advance eastward and captured Carthage, the most important city of North Africa. The fledgling kingdom then conquered the Roman-ruled islands of Mallorca, Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Boise
The Diocese of Boise () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Roman Catholicism in the United States, Catholic Church in Idaho in the United States. The Diocese of Boise is led by Bishop Peter F. Christensen, whose seat is the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist (Boise, Idaho), Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Boise, Idaho, Boise. The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland, Archdiocese of Portland. History 1700 to 1860 The first Catholics to arrive in present-day Boise were French-Canadian fur trappers in the mid-1700s. After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, when the area became part of the United States, it fell under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, Diocese of Baltimore in Maryland. In 1815, 19 Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) migrated to Idaho from eastern Canada. Having had contact with Catholic missionaries in Canada, the Iroquois spoke t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Patrick Driscoll
Michael Patrick Driscoll (August 8, 1939 – October 24, 2017) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the seventh Bishop of Boise. He retired on August 8, 2014. Early life and ministry Michael Driscoll was born in Long Beach, California. As a child, he would pretend to celebrate Mass, giving Necco candy wafers as communion to his younger siblings. He attended St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, and was ordained to the priesthood by James Cardinal McIntyre on May 1, 1965. He did pastoral work in Los Angeles and Burbank, and earned a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California in 1973. He served as Chancellor (1976–1987), Vicar for Religious and for Charities, and Vicar General in the Diocese of Orange. Episcopal career On December 19, 1989, Driscoll was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Orange and Titular Bishop of ''Maxita'' by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on March 6, 1990, from Bishop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of San Francisco De Macorís
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Francisco de Macorís () (erected 16 January 1978) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Santiago de los Caballeros. Bishops ;Ordinaries * Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (16 January 1978 – 15 November 1981) *Jesús María de Jesús Moya (20 April 1984 – 31 May 2012) * Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo (31 May 2012 – 15 May 2021) *Ramón Alfredo de la Cruz Baldera (15 May 2021 – present) ;Other priests of this diocese who became bishops *Julio César Corniel Amaro, appointed Bishop of Puerto Plata in 2005 * Andrés Napoleón Romero Cárdenas, appointed Bishop of Barahona in 2015 * Francisco Ozoria Acosta, appointed Archbishop of Santo Domingo in 2016 External links and references * San Francisco de Macoris San Francisco de Macorís San Francisco de Macorís San Francisco de Macorís is a city in the Dominican Republic located in the northeast portion of the country, in the Cibao region. It is the capital of the Duar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús María De Jesús Moya
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Biloxi
The Diocese of Biloxi () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church that encompasses 17 counties in southern Mississippi in the United States. The diocese was erected on March 1, 1977, when it was split from the Diocese of Jackson. The Diocese of Biloxi is a suffragan diocese of the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mobile, though for its first three years the diocese was in the province of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Biloxi, Mississippi, is the diocesan cathedral. History 1600 to 1841 The first Catholic priests in Mississippi were French Jesuit and Capuchin missionaries who accompanied the La Salle, Marquette, and d'Iberville expeditions in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1787, three priests, Fathers McKenna, White, and Savage, arrived in Natchez from Spain and erected three missions in the vicinity. These missions disappeared after the Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Lawson Howze
Joseph Lawson Edward Howze (born Lawson Edward Howze; August 30, 1923 – January 9, 2019) was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Biloxi from 1977 to 2001. He was the first openly Black Catholic ordinary of a U.S. Catholic diocese. Early life Howze was born in Daphne, Alabama. He was the oldest of four children born to Albert Otis Howze Sr. and Helen Lawson Howze. His mother died when he was five. He had six siblings in total. He grew up with neighbors who were Catholic and attributed his Catholicism to that influence. He attended kindergarten at Most Pure Heart of Mary School in Mobile. He was later transferred to the segregated public schools of Mobile, graduating from Mobile County Secondary School in 1944. Howze originally aspired to become a doctor and studied chemistry, biology, and physics. He graduated from Alabama State Branch Junior College in 1946. In 1948 he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Alabama State University. Howze c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Middlesbrough
The Diocese of Middlesbrough () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church based in Middlesbrough, England and is part of the province of Liverpool. It was founded on 20 December 1878, with the splitting of the Diocese of Beverley which had covered all of Yorkshire. The Bishop's See is in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, at St Mary's Cathedral. Catholic schools in the diocese are run by the Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust as well as St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Academy Trust. History The diocese was created on 20 December 1878, when the then Diocese of Beverley, which covered the whole of Yorkshire, was divided into the Diocese of Middlesbrough, covering the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire and those parishes in the City of York to the north of the River Ouse, and the Diocese of Leeds, covering the West Riding of Yorkshire and those parishes in the City of York to the south of the River Ouse. In 1982 the two York parishes south of the River Ouse were ceded to the Dio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gerard McClean
John Gerard McClean (24 September 1914 – 28 August 1978) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Middlesbrough from 1967 to 1978. Born in Redcar, Yorkshire on 24 September 1914, he was ordained to the priesthood on 22 March 1942. He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Middlesbrough and Titular Bishop of ''Maxita'' on 10 December 1966. His consecration to the Episcopate took place on 24 February 1967, the principal consecrator was Bishop George Brunner of Middlesbrough, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop James Cunningham of Hexham and Newcastle and Bishop William Wheeler of Leeds. On Bishop Brunner's retirement, McClean automatically succeeded as the Bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ... of the Diocese of Middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Joliet
The Diocese of Joliet in Illinois () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in Illinois in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Chicago. It was created in 1948, branching from the Archdiocese of Chicago, because of the growth of the Catholic population. Starting in the early 21st century, the diocese faced a sexual abuse scandal. A 2023 report by the Illinois Attorney General found that Bishop Joseph Imesch had "covered up abuse by shipping off priests to unsuspecting parishes." The mother church of the diocese is the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet. The current bishop of Joliet in Illinois is Ronald Hicks. Territory The Diocese of Joliet in Illinois comprises the City of Joliet and its surrounding counties: DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall and Will. History Early history During the 17th century, present day Illinois was part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
