The Priestly Society of St. Pius X, widely known as SSPX, has announced it will ordain bishops without papal permission on July 1, an act that would lead to the automatic excommunication of both the ...

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE HAS SEVEN NEW PRIESTS, following an ordination Mass on Saturday, July 5 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph. Diocesan Bishop Robert J. Brennan presided at ...

Catholic priests threaten schism with Rome over bishop consecrations as SSPX plans July ceremony without papal approval, escalating decades-long conflict.

Bishop Simon Peter Engurait was ordained last week, making him the first African bishop in the mainland United States. On Sept. 5, Engurait was installed as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of ...

Bishop John S. Bonnici is bringing considerable experience to his new role as shepherd of the Diocese of Rochester.

Holy orders is one of the seven sacraments. It, along with the sacrament of marriage, belongs to a special group of sacraments known as the sacraments of commitment. These two sacraments are ...

A new auxiliary bishop was ordained in China’s Shanghai diocese with approval from the Vatican and the Chinese government, the Vatican announced. Bishop Ignatius Wu Jianlin, 55, was ordained on Oct.

A Catholic bishop ordained his auxiliary in a diocese in China's Hebei province two days after he became bishop with the approval of the Vatican and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), says a report.

The Diocese of Jefferson City will soon have a new bishop. A Solemn Vespers service, in preparation for the ordination and installation of the Most Rev. Ralph Bernard O'Donnell, 56, as the fifth ...

By Daniel Agbesi Latsu, GNA Kadjebi (O/R), Jan 27, GNA – The episcopal ordination of Reverend Monsignor Simon Kofi Appiah, the bishop-elect of the Catholic Diocese of Jasikan, has been slated for ...