Diocese Welcomes New Auxiliary Bishop

The following was taken from the Diocese of Joliet website:

Bishop Siegel

On January 19, 2010 at 2:00 p.m., in the Cathedral of Raymond Nonnatus, Joseph M. Siegel was ordained as our new Auxiliary Bishop, where he will assist Bishop Sartain in the pastoral administration of the Diocese of Joliet. He receives the office of teaching, governing and sanctifying as a bishop. He will exercise his ministry in union with the Pope and his fellow bishops throughout the world.  An auxiliary bishop is also given a “titular see” since he is not a diocesan bishop.  The “titular see” is usually the name of a diocese somewhere in the world that has been suppressed at some time in the past (i.e., absorbed into another diocese.)   It is an honorary title given to the Bishop to remember in prayer those who have gone before us. Bishop Siegel’s titular diocese will be Pupiana, northern Africa, in modern-day Tunisia, near the ancient city of Carthage.

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Read more about Bishop Siegal in the January issue of Christ Is Our Hope Magazine.