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St. Thomas Seminary
St. Thomas Seminary, located in Bloomfield, Connecticut, is a minor seminary for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford. The current rector is Auxiliary Bishop Christie A. Macaluso. History St. Thomas Seminary was founded in 1897 by Bishop Michael Tierney, the sixth Bishop of Hartford. The original Seminary was located at 352 Collins Street in Hartford, in what was once the Chinese College. It opened its doors on September 7, 1897. Bishop Tierney appointed the Right Reverend John Synnott as the first President of St. Thomas. Due to the increasing enrollment it became necessary to find a larger space. Bishop John J. Nilan had the cornerstone laid for the present building in 1928, and in 1930 the seminary moved to its current location in Bloomfield. Collins Street (1897–1930) St. Thomas Seminary opened on September 7, 1897, with 37 students in its first class. On the first floor was a study hall, classrooms, the refectory, and parlors. The second floor consisted of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christie Macaluso
Christie Albert Macaluso (born June 12, 1945) is an American Catholic prelate who served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford from 1997 to 2017. Biography Early life and education Christie Macaluso was born on June 12, 1945, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Albert Carl and Helen (née Meaney) Macaluso; his father's family was from Palermo, Sicily, and his mother was of Irish descent. Macaluso studied at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland, obtaining a Bachelor of Philosophy degree and a Master of Sacred Theology degree. He also holds a Master of Philosophy degree from Trinity College, and a Master of Psychology degree from New York University. Priesthood Macaluso was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Hartford by Archbishop John Francis Whealon on May 22, 1971. After his ordination, Macaluso served as assistant pastor at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in West Hartford, Connecticut, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associate's Degree
An associate degree or associate's degree is an undergraduate degree awarded after a course of post-secondary study lasting two to three years. It is a level of academic qualification above a high school diploma and below a bachelor's degree. The first associate degrees were awarded in the UK (where they are no longer awarded) in 1873 before spreading to the US in 1898. In the United States, the associate degree may allow transfer into the third year of a bachelor's degree. Associate degrees have since been introduced in a small number of other countries. Americas Argentina In Argentina, tertiary colleges ("institutos terciarios") offer associate degrees in a variety of areas, including elementary and high school teacher, and technical fields, upon completion of three or four years of study. Some of these degrees may be articulated with university programs, to obtain a bachelor degree after, usually, two additional years. Associate degrees are also offered by some universitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Edward Mulvee
Robert Edward Mulvee (February 15, 1930December 28, 2018) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Mulvee served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Manchester in New Hampshire (1977-1985), as bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington in Delaware (1985–1995) and as bishop of the Diocese of Providence in Rhode Island (1997–2005). Biography Early life Robert Mulvee was born on February 15, 1930, in Boston, Massachusetts, to John F. and Jennie T. Mulvee. He studied at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut; Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Ontario; and the American College of the Immaculate Conception in Leuven, Belgium. Priesthood Mulvee was ordained into the priesthood by Archbishop Henry Joseph O’Brien for the Diocese of Manchester in Leuven on June 30, 1957. Mulvee did pastoral work for several years before furthering his studies in Europe, earning a Doctorate of Canon Law from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome (1964) and a Master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Norwich
The Diocese of Norwich (Latin: ''Diœcesis Norvicensis'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the states of Connecticut and New York in the United States. It was erected on August 6, 1953, by Pope Pius XII. History 1600 to 1953 In the 17th and much of the 18th century, Puritan ministers in the British Province of Connecticut were vociferously anti-Catholic in their writings and preaching. They viewed the Catholic Church as a foreign political power and of Catholics as having loyalty only to the Vatican. After the American Revolution, the first permanent Catholic parish in the new state of Connecticut was founded in 1781 in Lebanon, Connecticut. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, Diocese of Boston was erected from the Diocese of Baltimore in 1808, taking all of the New England states under its jurisdiction. Priests from Massachusetts would periodically visit the scattered Catholic population in Connecticut. The construc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Joseph Hines
Vincent Joseph Hines (September 14, 1912 – April 23, 1990) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Norwich in Connecticut from 1960 to 1975. Biography Vincent Hines was born on September 14, 1912, in New Haven, Connecticut. He was ordained to the priesthood in Paris for the Archdiocese of Hartford on May 2, 1937, by Cardinal Jean Verdier. He joined the US Army Chaplain Corps in 1942 and served in France after the Normandy invasion; Hines received a Bronze Star medal. Bishop of Norwich On November 27, 1959, Hines was appointed the second bishop of the Diocese of Norwich by Pope John XXIII. He received his episcopal consecration on March 17, 1960, from Archbishop Henry O'Brien, with Bishops Bernard Flanagan and John Hackett serving as co-consecrators. During his tenure, Hines led a $1 million fundraising campaign for schools in the diocese. He build Xavier High School in Middletown, Connecticut, for boys in 1963 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Newark
The Archdiocese of Newark () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in northeastern New Jersey in the United States. The mother church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. As of 2023, the archbishop of Newark is Cardinal Tobin. Territory The Archdiocese of Newark is a metropolitan see with four suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province. The suffragan dioceses are: * Diocese of Camden * Diocese of Metuchen * Diocese of Paterson * Diocese of Trenton The archdiocese contains the following counties: * Bergen * Union * Hudson * Essex History 1672 to 1789 During the 17th century, the British government divided present day New Jersey into separate provinces of East Jersey and West Jersey. East Jersey, which covered area belonging to the present Archdiocese of Newark, was hostile toward Catholics. The first priests to venture into East Jersey were Harvey and Gage, the chaplains o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coadjutor Bishop
A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) ("co-assister" in Latin) is a bishop in the Latin Catholic, Anglican and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in administering the diocese. The coadjutor automatically succeeds the diocesan bishop when he retires, dies or leaves office for another reason. In the Latin Catholic Church, the coadjutor is a priest or bishop appointed by the pope in Rome. He is considered the principal deputy administrator of the diocese. In the Eastern Catholic churches, the adjutor may be appointed by the pope or by the church itself. Within the Anglican Communion, a diocesan committee appoints the coadjutor, who can be male or female. Latin Church Role of coadjutor In the Latin Church, the pope appoints a coadjutor to help the bishop govern the diocese. A bishop himself, the coadjutor can substitute for the diocesan bishop in his absence (Canon 403§3).The coadjutor must be a Catholic priest ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Leo Gerety
Peter Leo Gerety (July 19, 1912 – September 20, 2016) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Newark from 1974 to 1986. He previously served as Bishop of Portland in Maine from 1969 to 1974. Gerety was the oldest living Catholic bishop in the world at the time of his death at age 104. Early life and education Peter Gerety was born on July 19, 1912, in Shelton, Connecticut, the oldest of nine sons of Peter Leo and Charlotte Ursula (née Daly) Gerety. Since there were no local Catholic schools, he received his early education at public schools in Shelton, including Commodore Isaac Hull School and the Ferry Street School. He graduated from Shelton High School in 1929, and then worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the New Jersey Department of Transportation for three years. In 1932, Gerety began his studies for the priesthood at St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut. He continue his studies at the Saint-Sulpice Seminary in Issy-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Francis Brady
Matthew Francis Brady (January 15, 1893 – September 20, 1959) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Burlington in Vermont (1938–1944) and bishop of the Diocese of Manchester in New Hampshire (1944–1959). Biography Early life Matthew Brady was born on January 15, 1893, in Waterbury, Connecticut, to John and Catherine (née Caffrey) Brady. After attending St. Thomas Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut, he studied at the American College of the Immaculate Conception in Leuven, Belgium. Returning to the United States, Brady entered St. Bernard's Seminary in Rochester, New York. Priesthood Brady was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Hartford by Bishop John Nilan on June 10, 1916. During World War I, Brady served as a chaplain in the United States Army from 1916 to 1918. After his discharge from the army, he did pastoral work in the Diocese of Hartford, and served as a professor at St. Thomas Seminary i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titular Bishop
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. There are more bishops than there are functioning dioceses. Therefore, a priest appointed not to head a diocese as its diocesan bishop but to be an auxiliary bishop, a papal diplomat, or an official of the Roman Curia is appointed to a titular see. Catholic Church In the Catholic Church, a titular bishop is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. Examples of bishops belonging to this category are coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops, bishops emeriti, vicars apostolic, nuncios, superiors of departments in the Roman Curia, and cardinal bishops of suburbicarian dioceses (since they are not in charge of the suburbicarian dioceses). Most titular bishops ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Baltimore
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore () is the archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in northern and western Maryland in the United States. It is the metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Baltimore. The Archdiocese of Baltimore is the oldest diocese and oldest archdiocese in the United States. Soon after the American Revolution, the diocese was erected to cover the United States, before the establishment of additional dioceses. The Vatican granted the archbishop of Baltimore the right of precedence in the nation at liturgies, meetings, and Plenary Councils in 1859. It is the premier episcopal see of the Catholic Church in the United States of America, as "prerogative of place". As of 2020, the archdiocese had an estimated Catholic population of 525,000 with 198 diocesan priests, 193 religious priests and 169 permanent deacons in 139 parishes. The Archdiocese of Baltimore has two major seminaries: St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Providence
The Diocese of Providence () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Rhode Island in the United States. The diocese was erected by Blessed Pope Pius IX on February 17, 1872. The Diocese of Providence is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Hartford. The Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence is the mother church of the diocese. Bishop Bruce Lewandowski is the bishop of the diocese. History 1643 to 1830 Unlike the other British colonies in North America, the colony of Providence Plantations was founded in 1643 on the basis of religious tolerance for all Christians. However, by 1719, the Rhode Island General Assembly had enacted a law disenfranchising Catholics from voting to discourage any from moving to the colony. During the American Revolution, a French army camped in Newport and Providence; the first Catholic masses in the colony were celebrated there for these soldiers. After the Revolution, the new State of Rhode Island allowed Catholics to vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
