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Pope Francis appoints new bishop to Diocese of Knoxville

May 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Francis on May 7, 2024, appointed Father James Mark Beckman, 61, a priest of the Diocese of Nashville, as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Knoxville. / Credit: Diocese of Nashville

Rome Newsroom, May 7, 2024 / 11:50 am (CNA).
Pope Franc… […]

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Lawsuit claims Knoxville diocese mishandled priest’s sex assault of parishioner

April 28, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

The Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Knoxville, Tenn. / Nheyob via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Denver Newsroom, Apr 28, 2022 / 16:58 pm (CNA).
The Diocese of Knoxville allegedly mishandled a report that a priest sexually assaulted a … […]

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Body of Tennessee priest on path to canonization reburied in basilica

August 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Fr. Patrick Ryan. Public domain.

Knoxville, Tenn., Aug 2, 2021 / 13:20 pm (CNA).
The body of Servant of God Patrick Ryan, a Tennessee priest who died in 1878 caring for victims of the Chattanooga’s yellow fever epidemic, were moved and reinterre… […]

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BREAKING: After school shooting, Knoxville bishop asks for ‘positive solutions’ to gun violence

April 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville / Catholic News Agency

Washington D.C., Apr 12, 2021 / 17:22 pm (CNA).
Bishop Richard Stika of the Diocese of Knoxville demanded “positive soluti… […]

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Knoxville bishop hopes restrictions on Masses at St Peter’s Basilica will be reversed

March 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 8

Knoxville, Tenn., Mar 23, 2021 / 04:01 pm (CNA).- Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville expressed his sadness Monday over the restrictions on private Masses in St. Peter’s Basilica, and his hope that they will be […]

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