René Henry Gracida

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René Henry Gracida (born June 9, 1923 in New Orleans ) is a former Roman Catholic Bishop of Corpus Christi .

Life

René Henry Gracida was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Miami on May 23, 1959 .

Pope Paul VI appointed him on December 6, 1971 auxiliary bishop in Miami and titular bishop of Masuccaba . The Archbishop of Detroit , Cardinal John Francis Dearden , ordained him bishop on January 25 of the next year ; Co- consecrators were Coleman Francis Carroll , Archbishop of Miami, and Paul Francis Tanner , Bishop of Saint Augustine .

On October 1, 1975, he was appointed the first bishop of the newly formed diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee , and on November 6 of the same year he was appointed to the office. He was named Bishop of Corpus Christi on May 19, 1983, and was instituted on July 11 of the same year. On April 1, 1997, he resigned from his position.

René Henry Gracida is one of the signatories of a multilingual appeal by Carlo Maria Viganò on May 7, 2020 with the Latin title “Veritas liberabit vos!” ( Truth will set you free , according to Jn 8,32  EU ), which is published on the Catholic Internet portal . de the German Bishops' Conference is called a "conglomerate of conspiracy myths and pseudoscience". It complains that under the pretext of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rights and fundamental freedoms of many citizens are "disproportionately and unjustifiably restricted"; Public health should not become an alibi "to free civil authorities from their duty to act wisely for the common good". The text refers to growing doubts about the actual risk of infection from the coronavirus and describes the reporting of the pandemic as " alarmism ". The containment measures taken fostered the interference of "foreign powers" with serious social and political consequences, according to the text signed by Catholic clergy, journalists, doctors and lawyers. There are forces “interested in creating panic in the population” and promoting “the isolation of individuals” in order to be able to better manipulate and control them. ”This is“ the disturbing prelude to the creation of a world government that beyond any control ”. The text was described by various media as absurd and the theses expressed as conspiracy theories .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Call. In: APPEAL FOR THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD. Retrieved May 10, 2020 (American English).
  2. ↑ Church appeal with conspiracy theories . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 11, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  3. ^ Bishops spread conspiracy theories . In: Tagesschau.de , May 9, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
predecessor Office successor
- Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee
1975–1983 		Joseph Keith Symons
Thomas Joseph Drury Bishop of Corpus Christi
1983–1997 		Roberto Octavio González Nieves, OFM
personal data
SURNAME Gracida, René Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gracida, René
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic Bishop of Corpus Christi
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans