Michael Gower Coleman
Michael Gower Coleman (born April 19, 1939 in Mafeking , Cape Province , † December 17, 2011 ) was a South African clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Port Elizabeth .
Life
Michael Gower Coleman, the eldest of seven children, came from an immigrant family with roots in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. He attended Laerskool Zeerust in Transvaal and Christian Brothers College in Kimberley , Northern Cape Province . After a year of volunteer work in Zambia , he entered the St. John Vianney Seminary in Pretoria, the diocesan seminary of the Diocese of Port Elizabeth , at the invitation of Bishop Ernest Green ; at the University of South Africa he studied philosophy. Michael Gower Coleman was ordained a priest on June 30, 1963 in his home parish, St. Patrick's , Grahamstown . He has served in the pastoral care of St. Francis Xavier in East London and the Sacred Heart Parish in King William's Town . He worked in the Mission Appeal Program in the USA and completed leadership courses from the Jesuit Order . He founded the Marriage Encounter movement in South Africa. From 1981 to 1986 he taught at the St. Peter and Paul Seminary in Hammanskraal , Transvaal.
Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Port Elizabeth on March 21, 1986. The Archbishop of Cape Town , Stephen Naidoo CSsR , donated him episcopal ordination on June 22 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were John Patrick Murphy , Bishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, and Andrew Zolile T. Brook , Bishop of Umtata . He was the delegate of the Bishops' Conference for the Southern African Council of Priests (SACOP) and the Interregional Meeting of Bishops in Southern Africa (IMBISA) . From 2000 to 2011 he was the first vice president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference . On August 20, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI. his retirement application.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ "Bishop Michael Gower Coleman," Armoria ecclesiastica, accessed December 20, 2011
- ↑ "RIGHT REVEREND BISHOP MICHAEL GOWER COLEMAN EMERITUS" ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Catholic Diocese of Port Elizabeth, December 20, 2011
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| John Patrick Murphy |
Bishop of Port Elizabeth 1986–2011 |
James Brendan Deenihan Apostolic Administrator |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gower Coleman, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African clergyman and theologian, Roman Catholic bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mafeking |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 2011 |