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 December 2007
Wiesemann named Speyer Bishop
Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann was named Bishop of Speyer, Germany. The diocese had been vacant since the retirement of Bishop Anton Schlembach in February 2007. Bishop Wiesemann had been serving as an Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn.
Blog Archive
-
▼
2007
(481)
-
▼
December
(42)
- Dyczkowski retired, Regmunt named Zielona Góra-Gor...
- Zimałek retired as Sandomierz Auxiliary
- Erected: Techiman, Ghana; Yeboah named Bishop
- Di Monte retired, Radrizzani named Mercedes-Luján ...
- Miani resigned, Urbanc succeeded as Catamarca Bishop
- Bishop Arzube Died
- Burke named Benin City Archbishop
- Cardinal Lorscheider Died
- A New Blog
- Foley named Holy Sepulchre Grand Master
- Lazzarotto named Australia Nuncio
- Kocherry named Zimbabwe Nuncio
- Lechowicz named Tarnów Auxiliary
- Chirivella Varela retired, López Castillo named Ba...
- Ambrosio named Piacenza-Bobbio Bishop
- Gould resigned, Sabio named Marshall Islands Prefect
- Bishop Nguyên Van Diêp Died
- Bishop Assis de Figueiredo Died
- Houndékon named Abomey Bishop
- Ferrería Paz named Niterói Auxiliary
- Wiesemann named Speyer Bishop
- Wüstenberg named Aliwal Bishop
- Niangoran Teky retired, Béby Gnéba named Man Bishop
- Bishop Romo Gutiérrez Died
- Bishop Michetti Died
- Cardinal Stickler Died
- Lazzaris named Balsas Bishop
- Eijk named Utrecht Archbishop
- Lozano named Nuncio to Romania and to Moldova
- Zadi retired, Rossi named Civita Castellana Bishop
- Guillon retired, Le Vert named Quimper Bishop
- Bishop Mpungu Died
- Taval named Kerema Coadjutor
- Pinto named Nuncio to Chile
- Staffieri retired, Moraglia named La Spezia-Sarzan...
- Monsengwo Pasinya named Kinshasa Archbishop
- Doaninoel named Rabaul Auxiliary
- Dino named Van Nuys (Ruthenian) Bishop
- Pataki retired, Skurla named Passaic (Ruthenian) B...
- Bishop Salina Died
- Gaglo named Aného Bishop
- Kerketta retired, Toppo named Tezpur Bishop
-
▼
December
(42)