Announcements of recent changes in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. This blog serves as a supplement to the main Catholic-Hierarchy website. Note: this blog and the website are NOT officially sanctioned or approved by any church authority.
19 February 2009
Bishop Welsh Died
Bishop Thomas Jerome Welsh, Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA, has died. He was 87 years old and had served as a priest for 62 years and as a bishop for 38 years. May he rest in peace.
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- Scheid retired, Tempesta named São Sebastião do Ri...
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- Saraiva Martins named Cardinal Bishop
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- Weider retired, Heinrich named Berlin Auxiliary
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- Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan Died
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