Bernard J. Nolker
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Most Reverend Bernard J. Nolker, Lawrence Joseph Shehan | |
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| Born | September 25, 1912 |
| Died | January 17, 2000 (aged 87) Saratoga Springs, New York, United States |
Bernard Joseph Nolker, C.Ss.R. (
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, commonly known as the Redemptorists, who served as a missionary in Brazil for 45 years. He was named the first Bishop of the Diocese of Paranaguá
in 1963.
Biography
Nolker was born in
Catholic priesthood at Mount St. Alphonsus Seminary in Esopus, New York, where he was ordained on June 18, 1939.[1]
Nolker had been serving as a missionary in Brazil since 1941, when
Archbishop of Baltimore, on the following April 25. The co-consecrators were Manoel da Silveira d’Elboux, Archbishop of Curitiba, and Edward John Harper, C.Ss.R., the Bishop of Saint Thomas.[2] As a bishop, he attended sessions two, three and four of the Second Vatican Council
and was then responsible for initiating the Council's reforms in the new diocese.
The Diocese of Paranaguá is located in southeastern Brazil and the region contains
John Paul II
accepted his resignation on March 15, 1989, and he was given the title of bishop emeritus.
Nolker died of heart failure at St. John Neumann Residence in Saratoga Springs, New York, at the age of 87.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Most Rev. Bernard Nolker, 87, Catholic bishop in Brazil". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- ^ "Bishop Bernardo José Nolker, C.SS.R." www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2010-06-08.[self-published source]