Apr 30, 2016 / 05:01 am
The Diocese of Brooklyn announced with "thanksgiving to the Almighty God" on Friday that Bishop Neil Tiedemann, C.P., would be returning to his hometown as auxiliary bishop after eight years of service as the Bishop of Mandeville, in central Jamaica.
"I am grateful to our Holy Father, Pope Francis, for translating Bishop Tiedemann for service in the Diocese of Brooklyn," Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn said April 29.
"The Passionist Fathers in general, and Bishop Tiedemann in particular, minister especially to those who find themselves in the midst of suffering. He has the heart of Christ," he said.
Born in Brooklyn, New York on March 5, 1948, Bishop Tiedemann grew up attending Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Red Hook neighborhood. It was here that he discerned the priesthood with the Passionists, the congregation founded by the mystic St. Paul of the Cross, Bishop DiMarzio noted.