"Second Vatican Council as ""peritus"" (theological adviser) to Cardinals Josef Frings of Cologne and Julius Döpfner of Munich-Freising (his episcopal predecessor). When he became Archbishop he took the shell in his coat of arms. It is also found in the insignia of the Schottenkloster in Regensburg, where the major seminary of that diocese is located, a place where Benedict taught as a professor of theology. Finally, the pilgrimage symbolism of the shell may also refer both to the reconfigured role of the pope as not only ruler, but also pilgrim among the peoples and nations of the world. Pope Paul"
"Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI (; ; ; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger; ; 16 April 1927) served as Pope of the Catholic Church and as sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. Benedict's election as pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II. The Vatican announced his withdrawal by bestowing him the title Pope Emeritus shortly after his resignation. Ordained as a priest in 1951 in his native Bavaria, Ratzinger had established himself as a highly regarded university theologian by the late 1950s and was"
"Pope Benedict XVI on 4 October 2010, when he was succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala by Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B., who until then had been Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapan, also in Guatemala. Cardinal Quezada was then referred to as Archbishop Emeritus of the see. Cardinal Archbishop Quezada Toruño died the morning of 4 June 2012 at a private hospital in Guatemala City due to complications of a bowel obstruction. Rodolfo Quezada Toruño Rodolfo Ignacio Quezada Toruño (8 March 1932 – 4 June 2012) was a Guatemalan cardinal of the Catholic Church."
"Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Trnava (not to be confused with the present-day Archdiocese) in 1987, and appointed as a titular bishop of Luni in May 1988 and ordained bishop in June 1988 in the St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Trnava. He became Archbishop of Bratislava-Trnava in 1989. On 14 February 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as the Archbishop of the newly created Archdiocese of Trnava, which remained an Archdiocesis despite no longer being metropolitan. In accordance with the canon law, upon reaching 75 years of age, he requested to be released from his office. Pope Benedict"
"predecessors in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, was sold since the new bishop David Zubik decided to live at St. Paul's Seminary. Pope Benedict XVI appointed Wuerl Archbishop of Washington on May 16, 2006. He was installed on June 22 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and received the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI on June 29, 2006. In April 2008 Wuerl, as Archbishop of Washington, hosted the apostolic visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the District of Columbia, which included a visit to the White House, the celebration of Vespers at the Basilica of the"
"the opening of Vatican archives in 1998 to researchers investigating judicial errors against Galileo and other medieval scientists. The name was proposed by the asteroid's first discoverers, L. D. Schmadel and F. Borngen at Tautenburg. Pope Benedict XVI has written 66 books, three encyclicals, and three apostolic exhortations. Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI (; ; ; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger; ; 16 April 1927) served as Pope of the Catholic Church and as sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. Benedict's election as pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the"
"Freising Cathedral Freising Cathedral, also called Saint Mary and Corbinian Cathedral (German: Mariendom), is a romanesque basilica in Freising, Bavaria. It is the co-cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. The Freising Cathedral is also known for being the place where Pope Benedict XVI was ordained a priest. An early church was present on the site by AD 715, consecrated as episcopal church by Boniface in 739. A triple nave was constructed in 860 and rebuilt after a fire in 903. The church was completely destroyed by fire on Palm Sunday, 5 April 1159. Construction of the current"
"Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo The Archdiocese of São Paulo () is a Latin Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil. The Archdiocese is currently headed by Odilo Scherer since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 21 March 2007, an appointment that ended almost four decades of Franciscan leadership in the archdiocese: both predecessors, Cardinals Paulo Evaristo Arns and Cláudio Hummes, belonged to that Order. Its cathedral episcopal see, the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Assunção e São Paulo, in the metropolis São Paulo, was dedicated to the Assumption of Mary on September 5, 1964. The"
"Benedict XVI. He received his episcopal consecration on July 26 from Justin Cardinal Rigali, with Archbishops John Foley and Edwin O'Brien serving as co-consecrators, in the Cathedral-Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul. He adopted as his episcopal motto: ""Dominus Meus Et Deus Meus"" ('My Lord and My God')(). He headed the Secretariat of Clergy in the archdiocesan curia, and oversaw his ""alma mater"" of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary and the Archdiocese's Vocation Office, Office for Communications, and its newspaper ""The Catholic Standard and Times"". Pope Francis named him Bishop of Toledo, Ohio, on August 26, 2014. He was installed on"
"Benedict XVI. Pope Francis approved a miracle attributed to him on 21 January 2016 which allowed for him to be canonized. On 15 March 2016 a consistory of cardinals scheduled his canonization to take place on 5 June 2016, which was celebrated in Saint Peter's Square. Jan Papczyński was born on 18 May 1631, in the village of Podegrodzie - now near Stary Sącz - as the youngest of the eight children of Tomasz Papczyński and Zofia Tacikowska. His father was a local blacksmith and also served as the village bailiff. As a youngster, he cared for his father's herd"
"he was promoted to the rank of Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati. After he was named Archbishop of Vercelli he ""locked himself in his room all night and studied the life of Saint Eusebius, who was bishop of the city back in 345 AD"". When Pope Benedict XVI resigned on 28 February 2013, Bertone as Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church was the acting sovereign for Vatican City State and administrator for the Holy See until the election of a new pope. On 13 February 2013, at the last public Mass of Pope Benedict XVI before his resignation took effect on 28"
"Archdiocese of Villavicencio in Villavicencio, Colombia. The 66-year-old prelate is a native of Colombia. That same day, Monsignor Graham Bell, formerly the Secretary Coordinator of the Pontifical Academy for Life, was named the Undersecretary of the Pontifical Council. On Friday, January 25, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI, in an Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio (on his own initiative), transferred the oversight of catechesis from the Congregation for the Clergy to the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization (catechesis is the use of catechists, clergy, and other individuals to teach and inform those in the Church, those interested in"
"Roman Catholic Diocese of Passau The Diocese of Passau is a Roman Catholic diocese in Germany that is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. It should not be confused with the Prince-Bishopric of Passau, an ecclesiastical principality that existed for centuries until it was secularized in 1803. The diocese covers an area of 5,442 km². Pope Benedict XVI was born and baptized on Holy Saturday, 16 April 1927, at Marktl am Inn, which is located within the Diocese of Passau. The Diocese of Passau may be considered the successor of the ancient Diocese of Lorch (Laureacum). At"
"university's most famous faculty member is Pope Benedict XVI, who taught from 1969 until he was appointed Cardinal and Archbishop of Munich in 1977. In 2006, one year following his election to the papacy, Benedict XVI returned to the University of Regensburg to make a highly controversial lecture that garnered the university international attention. The Pope is still listed as a Professor of the university. Another famous former faculty member, Karl Stetter, worked as head of the Archaea Center and the Department of Microbiology between 1980 and 2002. Among his discoveries were ""Pyrococcus furiosus"" in 1986, ""Aquifex aeolicus"", ""Aquifex pyrophilus"","
"Bernard Hebda Bernard Anthony Hebda (born September 3, 1959) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who is serving as the twelfth ordinary Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis on March 24, 2016. Prior to his installation as the archbishop of the Twin Cities, Hebda had served as both the Apostolic Administrator of that archdiocese since (June 2015), as well as the Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark since September 2013. Before that, he was the Bishop of the Diocese of Gaylord from 2009-2013, as well as in the Roman Curia on the Pontifical"
"Minneapolis, at which point his appointment as Coadjutor Archbishop of Newark ended. He was installed in the Cathedral of Saint Paul on May 13, 2016. Bernard Hebda Bernard Anthony Hebda (born September 3, 1959) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who is serving as the twelfth ordinary Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis on March 24, 2016. Prior to his installation as the archbishop of the Twin Cities, Hebda had served as both the Apostolic Administrator of that archdiocese since (June 2015), as well as the Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark since"
"Tuesday, 21 October 2014 during the opening of the academic year. Benedict XVI attended the consistory for new cardinals in February 2015, greeting Pope Francis at the beginning of the celebration. In 2015, Benedict XVI, who now prefers to be known as ""Father Benedict"", spent the summer at Castel Gandolfo and participated in two public events. ""Pope Francis invited Benedict XVI to spend some time in Castel Gandolfo in the month of July and Benedict accepted"", Fr. Lombardi told journalists on 15 June. Benedict XVI remained there for two weeks. While in Castel Gandolfo, Benedict XVI received two honorary doctorates,"
"in 2014 had one priest for every 1,830 Catholics. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia The Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia () is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The cathedral of the archdiocese is the Cathedral Basilica of the Resurrection of Our Lord in Ravenna; the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Cervia is the co-cathedral of the archdiocese. The current Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia, since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday, November 17, 2012, is Lorenzo Ghizzoni. The Archdiocese of Ravenna was a Roman Catholic diocese in"
"the cardinals of the papal conclave that elected Pope Francis. Fr. Benedict Nivakoff explained: Thus it is speculated that the Monks of Norcia were responsible for the naming of the last two popes; Cardinal Ratzinger visited the monastery for the Feast of St. Benedict in 2003, shortly before becoming pope and choosing the name Benedict XVI. This name was chosen in part because of his experience at Norcia and other Benedictine monastic communities. Monastery of St. Benedict (Norcia) The Monastery of St. Benedict on the Mountain (Italian: ""Monastero di San Bendetto in Monte"") is a male Benedictine community located in"
"period between Pope Benedict XVI's resignation on 28 February 2013 and the election of Pope Francis on 13 March 2013, he served temporarily as the administrator of the Holy See and acting head of state of the Vatican City State. He was considered a contender to succeed Benedict XVI. Besides his native Italian, Bertone speaks fluent French, Spanish, German and Portuguese. He has some knowledge of English, although he is not fluent, and he can read Polish, Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Bertone was born in Romano Canavese, Piedmont, the fifth of eight children. Bertone has stated that his mother was"
"city of Kolkata. The current Archbishop of Calcutta is ""His Excellency"" Thomas D'Souza, having been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on 23 February 2012. The Archdiocese of Calcutta currently covers the Districts of Bankura, Howrah, Hooghly, Kolkata, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur and North 24 Parganas in the State of West Bengal. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calcutta () is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India. The Archdiocese was originally erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Bengal in 1834 by Pope Gregory XVI, and renamed as the Apostolic Vicariate"
"Maine and in Maryland, who had moved to North Carolina. Burbidge was appointed Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, by Pope Francis on October 3, 2016 replacing retiring Bishop Paul Loverde. He was officially installed as the fourth Bishop of Arlington on December 6, 2016 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More. The mass was attended by over 1,200 Catholics, including Catholic leaders such as Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Cardinal Donald William Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, former Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, Metropolitan Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, and Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic"
"Urbino""<br> ""Latin Name: Urbinatensis-Urbaniensis-Sancti Angeli in Vado""<br> ""Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Pesaro (no longer a metropolitan see)"" Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado () is a Latin rite formerly Metropolitan archbishopric in the Pesaro and Urbino province of Marche region of central Italy. The current archbishop is Giovanni Tani, appointed in June 2011. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor basilica and Minor World Heritage Site: Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta, in Urbino <br>It has two Co-Cathedrals, both former cathedrals of absorbed bishoprics whose title was also adopted : Urbino is"
"created Marek Sobola, a heraldic specialist from Slovakia, who also made a redesign of coat of arms for the archbishop Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang is a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Papua New Guinea with suffragan dioceses of Aitape, Lae, Vanimo and Wewak. The Metropolitan Archbishop-elect of Madang, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, is the former Bishop of Mendi, Papua New Guinea, Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap., a native of Leoville, Kansas in the United States and a Capuchin. He succeeds Archbishop William Joseph Kurtz,"
"the Archbishop was present when Pope Benedict XVI arrived at Edinburgh airport, being the first to welcome him, and being present throughout the papal visit which occurred on September 2010. On 12 November 2010 Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz has announced his retirement as papal nuncio to Great Britain during thanksgiving Mass for the papal visit at St Mary’s Cathedral in Edinburgh. On 2 December 2010 a Mass of thanksgiving was celebrated at Westminster Cathedral, which marked the end of his role as papal nuncio to Great Britain. On 28 January 2011 Archbishop had his audience with Pope Benedict XVI. Archbishop"
"Bonaventure. It was completed in 1957 and he became a professor of Freising college in 1958. Early life of Pope Benedict XVI The early life of Pope Benedict XVI concerns the period from his birth in 1927 through the completion of his education and ordination in 1951. Joseph Alois Ratzinger was born on 16 April (Holy Saturday) 1927 at 11 Schulstrasse, his parents' home in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria and baptised on the same day. He was the third and youngest child of Joseph Ratzinger, Sr., a police officer, and his wife, Maria (née Peintner), whose family were from South"
"Pope Benedict XVI on 10 May 2012. He was succeeded by Andrew Yeom Soo jung. Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk (born 7 December 1931) is a South Korean Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Seoul, from 1998 until retirement in 2012, having previously served as Bishop of Cheongju from 1970 to 1998, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 2006. Cheong Jin-Suk briefly studied chemical engineering at the Seoul National University before entering the seminary in Seoul, from where he later obtained his bachelor's degree in theology, in 1954. After studying sociology in Hong"
"name of Pope Benedict XVI. Mario Francesco Pompedda Carlo Mario Francesco Pompedda JUD (18 April 1929 – 18 October 2006) was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura for the Roman Curia. He spent nearly fifty years in a variety of posts within the Catholic Church's ecclesiastical court system, from 1955 to 2004. Pompedda was born in Ozieri in Sardinia. He studied at seminaries in Sassari and Cuglieri and was ordained a priest in Rome on 23 December 1951. He obtained a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, and a"
"(1733.12.02 – 1776.09.14) •Auxiliary Bishop: Hieronim Maciej Jełowicki (1725.02.21 – 1732.01.08) •Auxiliary Bishop: Stefan Bogusław Rupniewski (1713.05.22 – 1716.12.23) •Auxiliary Bishop: John Skarbek (later Archbishop) (1696.01.02 – 1713.01.30) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv (of the Latins) () is a Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in western Ukraine. Its Cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor Basilica and (Minor) World Heritage Site: Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Lviv (Львів), Lviv Oblast <br>The diocese has a second Minor Basilica: Basilica of the Exaltation of the"
"Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he furthered his studies of the medieval Franciscans, publishing numerous essays. On 18 February 2016, Pope Francis appointed Accrocca Archbishop of Benevento, succeeding Andrea Mugione who retired due to age. On 15 May, he was consecrated a bishop by Mariano Crociata, Bishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno and co-consecrators Archbishop Giuseppe Petrocchi and Archbishop Andrea Mugione. He was installed on 12 June and received his pallium as metropolitan from Pope Francis on 29 June in St. Peter's Basilica. He chose as his episcopal motto ""Nisi dominus ædificaverit"" (Unless the Lord build the house), the opening verse of"
"Governorate of Vatican City State by Pope Benedict XVI. In virtue of these two posts, he is delegated legislative and executive authority over the Vatican City by the pope. He was appointed Cardinal-Deacon of ""S. Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio"" in the consistory of 24 November 2007. As required by canon law he submitted his resignation to Pope Benedict having reached his 75th year in January 2010. His resignation was accepted on 3 September 2011, with Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello appointed as his successor starting on 1 October 2011. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013"
"Pittsburgh was elevated to the status of an eparchy (diocese) in 1963. Byzantine Catholics in the United States were given ""sui iuris"" (self-governing) status as a Metropolia (archdiocese) by Pope Paul VI in 1969. Archbishop Stephen Kocisko was installed as the first Metropolitan-Archbishop on June 11, 1969, at Holy Spirit Church in Oakland (Pittsburgh). He was the first prelate in the history of people from the Subcarpathian Rus region (of present-day Ukraine and Slovakia) to hold this rank. The seat of the Archeparchy is the St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cathedral in Munhall, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The"
"he designed the coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI and shortly afterwards, on 31 May 2005, was named Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. As Archpriest he carried out, with the assistance of the Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of Saint Paul, important architectural work and restoration for the benefit of local Catholics and the pilgrims who come to the Basilica from various parts of the world. Pope Benedict XVI made him a cardinal in the consistory of 24 March 2006, as Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria in Portico. Montezemolo was already over eighty years of"