Friday’s ordination of Bishop David O’Connell as Coadjutor Bishop of Trenton was marked, as blogger extraordinaire Rocco Palmo wrote, by “warmth of emotion, the understated beauty, the enthusiasm and, ...

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Tensions between Cathedral Church of the Advent and the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama have flared up since a Dec. 7 service ordaining four new priests at the cathedral. Advent Cathedral Interim Dean ...

This is the first ordination since the Vatican issued a declaration on excommunication with regards to such celebrations. A lawful Episcopal consecration was scheduled to take place in Handan (Hebei) ...

A German monk who rebelled against his Damascus-based patriarch was secretly ordained a bishop in India recently, prompting concern for the stability of the Syrian Jacobite Church. Father Sevarios ...

The Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire is preparing for a special event this weekend: the ordination of its new bishop.The new bishop, the Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld, said he never thought that he ...

This is the second ordination in recent days. The Holy See recognises all the ordaining bishops, except for one. Joining the nation to mourn the victims of the Qinghia quake, Mass participants observe ...

The episcopal ordination of Fr Louis Mascarenhas was held at St Joseph’s College grounds on Thursday. Thousands of people gathered under the beautiful well-decorated pandal to witness the event. His ...