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Roger Michael Mahony
Roger Michael Mahony (born February 27, 1936) is an American cardinal and retired prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1985 to 2011. Before his appointment, he served as Auxiliary Bishop of Fresno from 1975 to 1980 and Bishop of Stockton from 1980 to 1985. Born in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles and raised in the city's San Fernando Valley, Mahony was ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno in 1962. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Fresno in January 1975 and consecrated bishop in March 1975. Mahony was then appointed Bishop of Stockton in 1980. In 1985, he was appointed Archbishop of Los Angeles by Pope John Paul II, and became the first Los Angeles native to hold the office. The pope created Mahony a cardinal in 1991, and he voted in the papal conclaves that elected Popes Benedict XVI and Francis. During his tenure as Los Angeles archbishop, Mahony was instrumental in dividing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Holy Sepulchre
The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani, links=yes, OESSH), also called Order of the Holy Sepulchre or Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, is a Catholic order of knighthood under the protection of the Holy See. The pope is the sovereign of the order. The order creates "canons" as well as knights, with the primary mission to "support the Christian presence in the Holy Land". The order today is estimated to have some 30,000 knights and dames in 60 lieutenancies around the world.oessh.no The cardinal grand master has been Fernando Filoni since 2019, and the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is grand prior. Its headquarters are situated at Palazzo Della Rovere and its official church in Sant'Onofrio al Gianicolo, both in Rome, close to Vatican City. Name The name of the knights and order varied over the centuries, including and ''The Sacred and Military Order of the Holy Sepulchre''. The current name was deter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the most populated subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7million residents and the latter having over 9.6million. Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the most populous city in the state and the second most populous city in the country. San Francisco is the second most densely populated major city in the country. Los Angeles County is the country's most populous, while San Bernardino County is the largest county by area in the country. California borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar A
Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People * Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms. * Oscar (Irish mythology), legendary figure, son of Oisín and grandson of Finn mac Cumhall Places * Oscar, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Louisiana, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Oscar, Texas, an unincorporated community * Oscar, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Lake Oscar (other) * Oscar Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, a civil township Animals * Oscar (bionic cat), a cat that had implants after losing both hind paws * Oscar (bull), #16, (d. 1983) a ProRodeo Hall of Fame bucking bull * Oscar (fish), ''Astronotus ocellatus'' * Oscar (therapy cat), cat purported to predi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward William Clark
Edward William Clark (born November 30, 1946) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 2001 to 2022. Biography Early life Edward Clark was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Educated in California, he attended the former Our Lady Queen of Angels Seminary in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, and St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, California. Priesthood Clark was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Timothy Manning on May 9, 1972, and then served in pastoral assignments in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. From 1985 to 1988, Clark studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he earned a Doctor of Theology degree. He served as coordinator of religious instruction for secondary schools from 1988 to 1990, and was named president of St. John's Seminary College in 1994. Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles On January 16, 2001, Clark was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Eugene Wilkerson
Gerald Eugene Wilkerson (born October 21, 1939) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 1997 to 2015 and as apostolic administrator for the Diocese of Monterey for six months in 2018 and 2019. Biography Early life A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Gerald Wilkerson grew up in Long Beach, California. He attended St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, California. Priesthood Wilkerson was ordained a priest on January 5, 1965, by Cardinal James McIntyre. After his ordination, Wilkerson served as associate pastor at three Southern California parishes: * Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Habra * St. Michael in Los Angeles * American Martyrs in Manhattan Beach Wilkerson then was posted for 15 years at Our Lady of Grace Parish in Encino, California, as administrator and then pastor. Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles On November 5, 1997, Pope John Paul II appointed Wilkerson as the titular bisho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hugh Niederauer
George Hugh Niederauer (June 14, 1936 – May 2, 2017) was an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of San Francisco. Before that, Niederauer served as Bishop of Salt Lake City from 1994 to 2005. Biography George Niederauer was born in Los Angeles, California, the only child of George and Elaine Niederauer. He attended St. Catherine's Military School and then St. Anthony High School; he was a classmate of Cardinal William Levada. After graduating in 1954, he attended Stanford University. During his freshman year Niederauer changed course and decided to enter St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, from where in 1959 he earned a Bachelor of Philosophy degree. He further completed his studies with a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and a Master of Arts degree in English literature from Loyola University, Los Angeles, in 1962. Niederauer also earned a Ph.D. in English Literature at USC. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabino Zavala
Gabino Zavala (born September 7, 1951) is a Mexican-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Zavala served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 1994 until 2012. Zavala resigned at the request of Pope Benedict XVI after admitting he was the father of two children. Biography Early life Born in Guerrero, Mexico, Zavala and his family moved to Tijuana, Mexico when he was a child. He survived a fire in his family's apartment that killed two of his brothers. The family then moved to East Los Angeles, California. In 1969, Zavala entered St. John's Seminary College in Camarillo, California. Priesthood Zavala was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at St. Vibiana's Cathedral in Los Angeles on May 28, 1977, by Cardinal Timothy Manning. After his ordination, Zavala served as an associate pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in East Los Angeles, associate director of the marriage tribunal for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas John Curry
Thomas John Curry (born 17 January 1943) is an Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Curry served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 1994 to 2018. From 1994 to 2013, he was the episcopal vicar of the Santa Barbara Pastoral Region. He was forced to resign as vicar due to his role in attempting to maintain the secrecy of sexual abuse allegations against priests in the archdiocese. Biography Early life Curry was born in 1943 in Drumgoon in County Cavan, in the Republic of Ireland. He attended All Hallows College in Dublin then University College Dublin, graduating in 1963 with a bachelor's degree in history. Priesthood On June 17, 1967, Curry was ordained to the priesthood in Ireland at All Hallows College for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. After his ordination in 1967, Curry served as an associate pastor at St. Bernardine of Siena Parish in Woodland Hills, California. In 1970, he started teaching at Pius X High School in D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Martin Sartoris
Joseph Martin Sartoris (born July 1, 1927) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Sartoris served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California from 1994 to 2002. Biography Early life Joseph Sartoris was born in Los Angeles, California in 1927. He studied at St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, California. Priesthood On May 30, 1953, Sartoris was ordained into the priesthood by Cardinal James McIntyre for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. After his ordination, Sartoris was assigned as an associate pastor to several parishes. He then served as a teacher and assistant principal at Bishop Conaty High School in Los Angeles for several years. Sartoris then returned to parish ministry while also serving as administrator pro tempore at Dolores Mission Parish and administrator at Nativity Parish, both in Los Angeles. Sartoris' first assignment as pastor was at St. Madeleine Parish in Pomona, California. In 1978, Sartoris was named pastor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Edward Blaire
Stephen Edward Blaire (December 22, 1941 – June 18, 2019) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the fifth Bishop of Stockton from March 16, 1999, until January 23, 2018. Biography Early life Stephen Edward Blaire was born in Los Angeles, California, as the twelfth of fourteen children. He attended local Catholic schools in the San Fernando Valley, and graduated from Our Lady Queen of Angels Seminary (high school) in 1959. Blaire then entered St. John's Seminary College in Camarillo. Priesthood He was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Los Angelese by Cardinal James McIntyre on April 29, 1967, and then served as associate pastor of St. Luke's Parish in Temple City, California, until 1972. From 1972 to 1986, Blaire worked in Catholic secondary education, initially as a teacher and administrator at Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills, California and later as vice principal at Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, Californ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvester Donovan Ryan
Sylvester Donovan Ryan (born September 3, 1930) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Monterey in California from 1992 to 2007 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 1990 to 1992. Biography Early life Ryan was born on September 3, 1930, in Avalon, California. On May 3, 1957, Ryan was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles by Cardinal James McIntyre. An educator, Ryan served as principal of Paraclete High School in Lancaster, California, in the 1960s to June 1971, and Saint Paul High School in Santa Fe Springs, California, in the 1970s. Ryan was named president-rector of the Archdiocesan Saint John's College Seminary in Camarillo, California, 1986. Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles On February 17, 1990, Pope John Paul II appointed Ryan as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and titular bishop of Remesiana. Ryan was consecrated at the Cathedral of Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Anthony Fisher
Carl Anthony Fisher, SSJ (November 24, 1945 – September 2, 1993) was an African-American Catholic prelate who served as an Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles from 1987 until his death in 1993. He was the first (and as of 2022, the only) Black Catholic bishop on the West Coast. He was a member of the Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, a religious community that serves African Americans. He was the third Josephite to be made a bishop, and as of 2022, the latest. Biography Born in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Fisher attended Epiphany Apostolic College as well as St. Joseph's Seminary, and was ordained to the priesthood for the Society of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart on June 2, 1973. He then served in Baltimore for some time, including at Historic St Francis Xavier Church beginning in 1982. On December 23, 1986, he was appointed titular bishop of Tlos and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and was consecrated on February 23, 1987. He was the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
