to lead the Diocese of Savannah, Ga. He also accepted the resignation of Bishop J. Kevin Boland, 76, who is one year past the age of retirement. The Pope named Bishop Boland apostolic ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Bishop Stephen Parkes was ordained as the 15th Bishop of the Diocese of Savannah on Wednesday at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist. This ordination and installation ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The Conventual Franciscan pastor who will become Savannah's bishop Oct. 18 observed at his introduction July 19 that it will take a helicopter to reach the far-flung ends of the ...

Bishop Stephen D. Parkes holds up the papal bull from Pope Francis naming him bishop of Savannah, Ga., as part of the rite of ordination Sept. 23, 2020, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the ...

Bishop-elect Stephen Parkes of the Diocese of Savannah ] ST. PETERSBURG — The Rev. Stephen Parkes had just returned from a 31-mile bike ride near Orlando when the Pope’s ambassador called to ...

Savannah Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer will bestow the Bishop Gartland Service Award on 84 South Georgians — including 27 from Savannah area parishes — at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Pope Francis has named a new bishop of the Diocese of Savannah. Reverend Stephen D. Parkes has been appointed as the 15th Bishop of the Diocese of Savannah. The Diocese posted ...

Pope Francis appointed Fr. Stephen D. Parkes as the next bishop of Savannah, Georgia, Wednesday. The Holy See press office announced July 8 that Parkes, a priest of the Diocese of Orlando ...