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Monterey and Palermo
The Holy Father has accepted the retirement of the Bishop of Monterey, California, the Most Rev. Sylvester D. Ryan, and has named as the new bishop the Most Rev. Richard J. Garcia, up to now Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento.
Bishop Garcia was born in San Francisco in 1947. His parents were Mexican immigrants. He studied at Saint Joseph College in Mountain View and St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1973 and served as an Assistant Pastor and as Director of the Office for the Spanish-speaking for Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. From 1980 to 1984 he studied dogmatic theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. During this time, the Diocese of San Jose in California was created and he was incardinated into that diocese.
Returning from Rome, he taught at St. Patrick and St. Joseph Seminaries from 1985 to 1992, served as Vocations Director for the Diocese of San Jose 1992 to 1997 and also served as Pastor of St. Leo the Great Parish in San Jose from 1995 to 1997.
He was named Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento November 25, 1997 and consecrated January 28, 1998.
The Holy Father has also accepted the retirement of the Archbishop of Palermo, Sicily, Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi and has named as his successor Archbishop Paolo Romeo, Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and San Marino. Archbishop Romeo was born in the province of Catania in 1938. He studied theology at the local seminary and then at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He studied canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University. He was ordained a priest in 1961. He entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1964 and entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1967. He served in the Philippines, Belgium, Venezuela, Rwanda, Burundi, and in the office of the Secretariat of State. He was named Nuncio to Haiti in December 1983 and consecrated Archbishop the next month. He later served in Colombia and Canada before his assignment in Italy in 2001.
Bishop Garcia was born in San Francisco in 1947. His parents were Mexican immigrants. He studied at Saint Joseph College in Mountain View and St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1973 and served as an Assistant Pastor and as Director of the Office for the Spanish-speaking for Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. From 1980 to 1984 he studied dogmatic theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. During this time, the Diocese of San Jose in California was created and he was incardinated into that diocese.
Returning from Rome, he taught at St. Patrick and St. Joseph Seminaries from 1985 to 1992, served as Vocations Director for the Diocese of San Jose 1992 to 1997 and also served as Pastor of St. Leo the Great Parish in San Jose from 1995 to 1997.
He was named Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento November 25, 1997 and consecrated January 28, 1998.
The Holy Father has also accepted the retirement of the Archbishop of Palermo, Sicily, Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi and has named as his successor Archbishop Paolo Romeo, Apostolic Nuncio to Italy and San Marino. Archbishop Romeo was born in the province of Catania in 1938. He studied theology at the local seminary and then at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He studied canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University. He was ordained a priest in 1961. He entered the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in 1964 and entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See in 1967. He served in the Philippines, Belgium, Venezuela, Rwanda, Burundi, and in the office of the Secretariat of State. He was named Nuncio to Haiti in December 1983 and consecrated Archbishop the next month. He later served in Colombia and Canada before his assignment in Italy in 2001.
posted by Penitens | 6:18 AM
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