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WINONA, Minn. (KTTC) – The Diocese of Winona-Rochester has confirmed the upcoming closure of two of its churches this summer.
A former pastor for the Diocese of Winona-Rochester is being investigated for allegedly defrauding parishioners out of nearly $72,000. Prince Amala Jesuraja Jebamalia Selvaraj, better known as the ...
The Diocese of Rochester is closing two Winona parishes in mid-July. Fr. Will Thompson, vicar general of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, confirmed that St. John Nepomucene and St. Casimir parishes ...
ROCHESTER — The center of gravity of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester is shifting for the first time in its 133-year history, as Catholic church leaders announced that the diocese will move its ...
The Congregation for Bishops has decreed that the Diocese of Winona will now be called the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, and that St. John the Evangelist Church of Rochester will be designated as a ...
The Winona-Rochester Diocese made a public statement celebrating the election of a Chicago-born bishop as leader of the Catholic Church. Fr. Will Thompson, vicar general of the Diocese of Winona ...
One of those is the leader of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Bishop Robert Barron, who got to meet the pope on several occasions. Bishop Barron says Francis carried that care and compassion ...
according to a release from the Diocese of Winona-Rochester Thursday. In the release, the Diocese says they learned that Ubaldo Roque Huerta — a former priest ordained in 2008 — is charged ...
The Most Rev. Robert E. Barron has been installed as the ninth Bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester. The installation took place at a special Installation Mass at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Co ...
Oct. 27—WINONA, Minn. — A former priest with the Diocese of Winona-Rochester was found guilty Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, following a three-day jury trial in Winona County for the sexual assault ...
Two of Winona’s five Roman Catholic parishes will close this summer, the Diocese of Winona-Rochester recently announced. St.