Lewis Zeigler
Lewis Jerome Zeigler (born January 4, 1944 in Harrisburg ) is a Liberian priest and Archbishop of Monrovia .
Life
Lewis Zeigler was ordained a priest on December 22, 1974 . John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Gbarnga on May 30, 2002 .
The Archbishop of Monrovia , Michael Kpakala Francis , donated him episcopal ordination on November 9th of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Joseph Henry Ganda , Archbishop of Freetown and Bo , and Boniface Nyema Dalieh , Bishop of Cape Palmas .
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on July 11, 2009 as Coadjutor Archbishop of Monrovia. After Michael Kpakala Francis' retirement , he succeeded him on February 12, 2011 as Archbishop of Monrovia.
In August 2014, Zeigler was one of the signatories of a declaration in which homosexuality was responsible for the outbreak of the Ebola fever epidemic in 2014 ; he was thus the highest-ranking Roman Catholic dignitary among the signatories.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Churches: Homosexuality to blame for Ebola. queer.de from August 8, 2014
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Benedict Dotu Sekey |
Bishop of Gbarnga 2002–2009 |
Anthony Fallah Borwah |
| Michael Kpakala Francis |
Archbishop of Monrovia since 2011 |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Zeigler, Lewis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zeigler, Lewis Jerome (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Liberian priest, Archbishop of Monrovia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harrisburg |