Michael Gower Coleman
Michael Gower Coleman (19 April 1939 – 17 December 2011) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Born in Mafeking, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1963. Coleman was named bishop of the Port Elizabeth diocese in 1986 resigning on August 20, 2011.[1][2] The Right Reverend Gower died shortly after stepping down, on December 17, 2011.[3]
References[]
- ^ Michael Gower Coleman profile at Catholic Hierarchy website
- ^ Resignation of the Bishop of Port Elizabeth and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator, Fides News Agency, Thursday, August 25, 2011.
- ^ Port Elizabeth South African Catholic Bishops Conference.
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- 1939 births
- 2011 deaths
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in South Africa
- People from Port Elizabeth
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in South Africa
- Roman Catholic bishops of Port Elizabeth
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