Oscar Hugh Lipscomb

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Oscar Hugh Lipscomb (1985)

Oscar Hugh Lipscomb (born September 21, 1931 in Mobile , Alabama , † July 15, 2020 there ) was an American clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mobile .

Life

Oscar Hugh Lipscomb attended McGill-Toolen Catholic High School (later McGill Institute ). From 1949 he studied at the Southern Benedictine College , a Benedictine college in Cullman (Alabama) , and from 1951 at the Pontifical North America College in Rome . On 15 July 1956 he received in Santi XII Apostoli the priesthood for the Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham . He then completed a master's and doctoral degree in history at the Catholic University of America . He has taught at the McGill Institute and the Jesuit Spring Hill College . In 1966 he became Chancellor of the Ordinariate of the Diocese of Mobile.

Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Mobile on July 29, 1980 . The Archbishop of Saint Louis , John Lawrence May , donated him episcopal ordination on November 16 of the same year ; Co-consecrators were William Benedict Friend , auxiliary bishop in Alexandria-Shreveport , and Raymond William Lessard , Bishop of Savannah . On April 2, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI. his age-related retirement.

Oscar Hugh Lipscomb was involved in numerous social projects and the Christians in the Holy Land . He was a Grand Officer of the Papal Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .

Lipscomb was a long-time member of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church . From 2002 to 2011 he was Vice President of the Vox Clara Committee of the Roman Curia.

He died on July 15, 2020 at the age of 88.

Web links

Commons : Archbishops of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Popular former Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb has passed away
  2. ^ Southeastern Lieutenancy of the United States of America , OESSH, accessed January 4, 2016 (en.)
  3. ↑ Alabama Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Lipscomb dies at 88; accessed on July 16, 2020
predecessor Office successor
John Lawrence May Archbishop of Mobile
1980–2008 		Thomas John Rodi
personal data
SURNAME Lipscomb, Oscar Hugh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lipscomb, Oscar; Lipscomb, Oscar H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mobile
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Mobile , Alabama , USA
DATE OF DEATH 15th July 2020
Place of death Mobile , Alabama , USA