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  Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California
The Diocese of San Jose is coterminous with the boundaries of Santa Clara County which includes 15 cities/townships and some unincorporated areas under county jurisdiction.
The Diocese of San Jose belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of San Francisco, consisting of the Metropolitan See of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Dioceses of Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton.
Archbishop John R. Quinn implemented the final plans for the erection of the new Diocese of San Jose and Santa Clara County was established as the Diocese of San Jose by Pope John Paul II on January 27, 1981.
www.dsj.org /about/history.asp   (573 words)

  
 Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern Nevada region of the United States.
Originally a part of the Dioceses of Sacramento and Salt Lake City and later the Diocese of Reno, Pope John Paul II established the diocese on March 21, 1995 and was canonically erected on June 28.
The Bishop of The Diocese of Las Vegas is The Most Reverend Joseph Anthony Pepe.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Las_Vegas   (248 words)

  
 Help/Terminology [Catholic-Hierarchy]
A Bishop Emeritus is a bishop that is no longer acting as the leader of the diocese due to advanced age, ill health, etc. According to Canon Law (401§1) bishops are required to submit their resignations upon reaching the age of 75 which can then be accepted (or not) by the Holy Father.
For a diocese, its metropolitan is the head of its province.
The equivalent of a diocese for an Eastern Rite.
www.catholic-hierarchy.org /help.html   (1481 words)

  
 Catholic Professional & Business Group - Reno, Nevada
Father Snyder was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in 1988 and served as associate pastor at Epiphany Catholic Church in Coon Rapids, MN, from 1988 to 1990 and Nativity of Mary Church in Bloomington, MN, from 1990 to 1991.
Randolph Roque Calvo was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as the seventh Bishop of Reno on December 23, 2005.
Hallmarks of JP Catholic will include: its strong commitment to being faithfully Catholic and its focus on tackling the increasing decline in morality in the media by encouraging and enabling students to become future entrepreneurs and leaders, innovators and creators in the fields of media and media-enabling technology.
www.catholicprofessionals.org /bios.html   (4839 words)

  
 History & Ordinary - Diocese of Reno
The Diocese of Reno was founded almost by chance because of a visit to San Francisco by Chicago's Cardinal Mundelein.
On December 29, 1986, Bishop McFarland was appointed to the Diocese of Orange, California and was installed as second Bishop of Orange on February 24, 1987.
Because of the growth in Nevada and the great distance between the communities of Reno and Las Vegas, the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II decided to divide the Diocese of Reno-Las Vegas into two separate dioceses: The Diocese of Reno and the Diocese of Las Vegas.
www.catholicreno.org /history.htm   (2161 words)

  
 Archdiocese of San Francisco | Press Releases
Archbishop Levada heads the Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, which is one of two archdioceses and 10 dioceses of the Catholic Church in California.
While the Catholic Church affirms that God created marriage as a union of a man and a woman, giving them a co-responsibility to establish a family by bringing children into the world, this tenet is not solely a Catholic one.
For example, the current Dioceses of Santa Rosa (established 1962); Oakland (established 1962); Stockton (established 1962); and San Jose (established 1981) were part of the Archdiocese of San Francisco prior to their being established as separate and independent dioceses.
www.sfarchdiocese.org /pressrelease.html   (18943 words)

  
 Web Site Info For Roman Catholic Dioceses and Parishes within the United States
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau MO
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi TX
parishesonline.net /scripts/HostedSites/USMap.asp   (525 words)

  
 Local Catholic Church History and Genealogy - California, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah
The geographic areas of California, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah are in the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces of San Fransisco and Los Angeles.
The Diocese boundaries, for the Diocese of both Californias, were the Colorado River to the east, Oregon line north, Pacific Ocean in the west and all of Baja California to the south.
What is now the Fresno Diocese was a very sparsely populated desert and forest land that was one portion of the vast Diocese of Guadalajara comprising some two-thirds of the total area of Mexico.
home.att.net /~Local_Catholic/CatholicUS-SanLosCA-HI-UT-NV.htm   (2627 words)

  
 RGJ.com - Parents say Catholic schools provide safety, stability
People who send their children to St. Albert the Great Catholic School in Reno and other northern Nevada parochial schools say they are looking for safety, stability and religious lessons.
For Kim Frazier and her husband Walt Frazier, a Reno Police Department detective on the Community Action Team and the school’s parent-organization president, safety is the main reason send their three children to St. Albert’s, she said.
Catholic schools aren’t military schools, nor are they academies for gifted and talented, Welsh said.
www.rgj.com /news2/stories/news/982041242.php   (955 words)

  
 Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno is an ecclesiastical territory (or diocese) of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern Nevada region of the United States, centered on the city of Reno.
With the urging of George Cardinal Mundelein, Archbishop of Chicago, Pope Pius XI established the Diocese on March 27, 1931.
The See of Reno is a suffragan diocese of the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of San Francisco.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Reno   (606 words)

  
 Archdiocese of San Francisco | About the Archdiocese
The general population of the three counties is approximately 1,700,000 and the Catholic population is about 425,000 people.
Catholic schools and religious education programs reach approximately 50,000 students each year.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco
www.sfarchdiocese.org /description.html   (155 words)

  
 foxreno.com - News - Catholic Diocese Agrees To $3.3 Million Abuse Settlement
OAKLAND -- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa and a Sacramento-area woman announced a $3.3 million settlement Friday of a civil suit that alleged defrocked priest Donald Kimball sexually abused the woman for six years starting when she was 15.
The diocese has paid $8.3 million in the past 10 years to settle other similar civil suits alleging sexual abuse by clerics, diocese spokeswoman Deirdre Frontczak said.
Diocese attorney Galvin said the $3.3 million settlement in the Saum case was not affected by recent verdicts and he would not speculate on the value of the remaining claims against the diocese.
www.foxreno.com /news/4408636/detail.html   (891 words)

  
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Her sexual orientation is not the issue, Richard Kwapil, a lawyer for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno, said.
In documents filed in Washoe District Court this week, Shelly Brewster also asks a judge to keep Manogue High from filling her position until she and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno resolve the litigation.
“I just know that the students at (Manogue High) have to live a Catholic lifestyle and abide by certain rules and regulations and I believe that the teachers should have to be accountable to the same rules,” Matteoni wrote in the two-page letter.
tampabaycoalition.homestead.com /files/TeacherFired804.htm   (299 words)

  
 Cyndi's List - Catholic
Map of the Catholic provinces and dioceses of England and Wales.
Proportion of the Roman Catholics to the aggregate population: 1890 
Promotes the study of the history of the Catholic Church in the region west of the Pennines, the old counties of Cheshire, Cumberland, Lancashire, and Westmorland.
www.cyndislist.com /catholic.htm   (2903 words)

  
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Roman Catholic Church call for an alternative to the death penalty whenever it
of Reno, stands equally opposed to the death penalty.
Reno, Nevada calls on the Governor and State of Nevada Representatives, and
www.catholicreno.org /LPJ/moratorium.html   (1084 words)

  
 The Catholic New World - Cardinal's Column, Calendar & Appointments - 05/20/01
For Catholics who belong to the Roman rite, the liturgical language is basically Latin; and translations of the liturgical books of the Roman rite are to be both faithful to the original Latin and comprehensible in the receiver language.
The exacting task of putting the Latin liturgical books of the Roman rite into English was begun right after the Second Vatican Council when the Bishops’; Conferences of English-speaking countries set up the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL).
Deacon Ron Klonicke, to the Diocese of Reno, Nev., from St. Helen Parish, Chicago.
www.catholicnewworld.com /archive/cnw2001/052001/cardinal.html   (1534 words)

  
 TIME.com: Money Mystery -- Aug. 12, 1974 -- Page 1
But the losses are rarely as calamitous as those sustained by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno and the Massachusetts-based province of the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette.
According to the National Catholic Reporter, the progressive lay weekly that broke the story last week, the Reno diocese and the La Salette fathers both faced bankruptcy after losing as much as $15 million — the exact amount is not known — in a $25 million investment operation called the St. Joseph Trust Fund.
For Reno and the La Salettes, the story seems to be winding down to an unexpectedly happy ending.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,908649,00.html   (781 words)

  
 The Catholic Voice - News in Brief
A Catholic nun cries during a memorial service in Sri Lanka, Dec. 26, for victims of last year’s devastating tsunami that ravaged Indian Ocean coastlines and killed up to 200,000.
The San Diego Diocese had argued that the 2002 law illegally interfered with its religious practices.
However, she left open the question of whether the sale of that property could pose an unfair burden on the practice of religion under the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act of 1993.
www.catholicvoiceoakland.org /06-01-09/newsbriefs.htm   (1457 words)

  
 Woodburn and Wedge Law Firm
Frank Norcross, a Reno attorney who was the chief attorney for banker George Wingfield, Sr., invited both of them to join him in law practice.
Today, Woodburn and Wedge is one of Nevada's largest law firms with its office located in the Sierra Plaza in Southeast Reno.
Woodburn and Wedge is a general practice law firm which has developed a strong corporate and business clientele, especially among mining, utility and real estate companies.
www.woodburnandwedge.com /aboutus.html   (410 words)

  
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Later, the dioceses of Sacramento, Stockton, Santa Rosa, Oakland and San Jose were created from the original area of the Archdiocese.
It is a source of wonderment to me that they are not able to connect the dots of Catholic social principles that flow from basic theology that are the foundation for all of the social issues.
It is somewhat akin to Catholics in the ante bellum United States fighting for good housing and adequate food for the slaves on the plantation while not addressing their lack of freedom.
www.catholic-sf.org /122002.html   (7151 words)

  
 Proclamation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Whereas, Bishop Gorman Roman Catholic High School opened its doors on September 7, 1954 and was officially dedicated October 24, 1954, by the then, Diocese of Reno; and
the School is named in honor of Thomas K. Gorman, the first bishop of the Nevada Diocese housed in Reno, and the land was donated by Romy Hammes, father-in-law of former Nevada Supreme Court Justice John Mowbray whose children are graduates of Bishop Gorman High School; and
Whereas, Christian, Catholic principles and academic excellence are the trademarks of Bishop Gorman High School given its superior faculty, and dedicated staff; and
gov.state.nv.us /PROCLAMATIONS/2004/03-10GORMAN.htm   (359 words)

  
 Church History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Eyewitness To Vatican II Archbishop Emeritus Denis E Hurley of Durban was one of the driving forces in the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) which revolutionised the Catholic Church.
Catholic Association of Germany The KVD laid the foundation for Catholic charitable and social engagement throughout Central Europe, what German historians call "social Catholicism"
History of the Catholic Church in Tomsk and Novosibirsk By Fr.
www.shc.edu /theolibrary/history.htm   (2335 words)

  
 VocationsPlacement.org - New Application
For the sake of graciously serving Christ, His Church, and His people, it is the mission of Vocations Placement to replenish every Roman Catholic religious community and diocese in the U.S. By filling out this application you are stating that you are open to participation in the fulfillment of this mission.
Diocese of Springfield-IL Diocese of Springfield-MA Diocese of St. Catharines
Because we have over 500 religious communities and dioceses in the system, there may be many that may be of interest to you.
www.vocationsplacement.org /index.asp?Application   (808 words)

  
 KOLO | Execution Opponents Gather
May in a southwest Reno boarding house in 1988.
Commission of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno as well as members
Durante, a Catholic priest, said it would be the seventh
www.kolotv.com /home/headlines/2700676.html   (331 words)

  
 Diocese has paid $328,068 on abuse claims - Topix
Reno diocese pays $328,068 to settle abuse claims - The Associated Press
Reno Diocese Paid Over 300-Thousand Dollars For Sex Abuse Case - KRNV-TV Related Topics: Religion, Las Vegas, NV, Carson City, NV
Over the past two years, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno has paid $328,068 to at least seven local residents who say they were sexually abused by Reno priests, and officials are reviewing three additional...
www.topix.net /religion/catholic/2007/08/diocese-has-paid-328-068-on-abuse-claims   (382 words)

  
 RCNet Diocesan Directory
Here are links to Archdioceses and Dioceses in North America and around the world.
Not all have a presence on the Internet yet but the numbers are growing.
Contact us for additional information on free home pages for your Diocese, parish or school.
www.rc.net /dioceses.html   (138 words)

  
 Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project - Assessment Project - Nevada
He then went on to practice law in Reno, NV before he was elected Washoe County District Attorney in 1970.
He is Secretary of the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, and a member of the Executive Board of the ABA Central and East European Law Initiative.
Resolution Calling for a Moratorium On Executions in the State of Nevada, Life, Peace and Justice Commission of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno, Nevada, at www.catholicreno.org/LPJ/moratorium.html (11/21/1999).
www.abanet.org /moratorium/assessmentproject/nevada.html   (1570 words)

  
 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Most Reverend Daniel R. Jenky, C.S.C. Diocese of Peoria
Most Reverend George V. Murry, S.J. Diocese of Youngstown
Former Bishop of Ephary of St. George's in Canton for Romanians
www.usccb.org /bishops.shtml   (324 words)

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