Archive for the ‘Diocese of Orlando’ Category

Priestly Ordination

This morning, Archbishop Thomas Wenski, Archdiocese of Miami, traveled north to the Diocese of Orlando and ordained Deacon Bernard Kiratu Ngugi to the Holy Priesthood at Blessed Trinity Catholic Church in Ocala.  Fr. Bernard will now begin his many years of service in the Diocese of Orlando. Below is a video highlighting the ceremony. A [...]

The Lunar Diocese Bids Farewell to its Chief Shepherd

Earlier this evening, the people of the Diocese of Orlando bid farewell to their chief shepherd, Archbishop-Designate Thomas G. Wenski. As you may recall, Pope Benedict XVI appointed the Most Rev. Thomas Wenski as the fourth Archbishop of Miami on April 20, 2010. The Mass of Farewell was celebrated at the Basilica of the National [...]

Returning to that Brief Recess

Well everyone, the last couple of days have been, to say the least, quite interesting for this seminarian who tries to keep all of you informed on the important news affecting the Catholic Church in the United States. My only hope for this site is that it can reach someone and develop in them a [...]

Archbishop-Designate Wenski Video

SOURCE: Archdiocese of Miami

Statement from Archbishop-designate Wenski

At this morning’s press conference in Miami (as mentioned in the previous post), Archbishop-designate Wenski gave the following remarks. Most of the remarks were also made in a video presentation that was posted on the website for the Diocese of Orlando earlier this morning.
This morning, upon the acceptance of Archbishop Favalora’s request to retire, Pope [...]