Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio greeted the news about the appointment of Bishop Neil Tiedemann as auxiliary bishop.
Diocesan News
New Auxiliary Bishop Expected To Be ‘One with the People’
When Pope Francis named Bishop Tiedemann as an auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn in late April, Tiedemanns on both coasts rejoiced, as did friends and former parishioners.
Passionists’ Provincial Reacts to Appointment
The Very Rev. Robert Joerger, C.P., Provincial of the Passionists Fathers’ St. Paul of the Cross Province, issued a statement on the appointment of Bishop Neil Tiedemann, C.P., as an auxiliary bishop for Brooklyn and Queens.
Future Bishop Was Ordained in Queens
Four men were ordained priests for the Passionists’ Order by Bishop Francis J. Mugavero on May 16, 1975, at 7 p.m., at Immaculate Conception Monastery, Jamaica. They were Henry Kavanagh, Frederick J. Schneider, Thomas D. Stanton and future Bishop Neil Tiedemann.
Tiedemann Family Photo Album
Snapshots from the Tiedemann Family album (click on photos to enlarge):
Important Dates In the Life of Bishop Tiedemann
This timeline of important dates in the life of Bishop Neil E. Tiedemann, C.P. begins with his birth on March 5, 1948, to his appointment as auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn and titular bishop of Cova, April 29, 2016.
Enjoy the Walk with Bishop Neil
Anyone who knows Bishop Neil Tiedemann, C.P., well knows that he loves to walk. Wherever he has been stationed as a Passionist priest, he faithfully takes his long daily walk as a time to reflect, study, prepare his homily, exercise or simply to be near God’s people.
Bishop Tiedemann in Mandeville, Jamaica
Scenes from Mandeville, Jamaica, W.I.: Bishop Neil E. Tiedemann, C.P., was a well-loved figure, especially among school children, during his eight years in the Diocese of Mandeville, Jamaica.
Bishop Is Assigned Titular See in Algeria
Bishop Neil Tiedemann is the fifth auxiliary bishop to have been assigned the titular See of Cova. The former Diocese of Cova was based in the Algerian town of Ziama Mansouriah on the Mediterranean Sea.
Sister of St. Joseph Is Still Missing on Vacation in Austria
Two weeks after a recently retired nun from Long Island, N.Y., disappeared while vacationing alone in Europe, more than 200 people gathered to pray for her at an evening service July 20 at St. Anthony of Padua Church, East Northport, where she lived.