| 词条 | James Kendrick Williams |
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| type = | honorific-prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend | name = James Kendrick Williams | honorific-suffix = | title = Bishop Emeritus of Lexington | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | archdiocese = Louisville | diocese = Lexington | appointed = January 14, 1988 | enthroned = March 2, 1988 | ended = June 11, 2002 | predecessor = First Bishop | successor = Ronald William Gainer | previous_post = Auxiliary Bishop of Covington (1984–88) | other_post = | ordination = May 25, 1963 | ordained_by = | consecration = June 19, 1984 | consecrated_by = William Anthony Hughes, Thomas C. Kelly, and Richard Henry Ackerman | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|09|05}} | birth_place = Athertonville, Kentucky | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | nationality = | alma_mater = | signature = | coat_of_arms = | motto = }}{{Infobox bishopstyles | name= James Kendrick Williams | dipstyle=
| offstyle=Your Excellency | relstyle=Bishop | image = Mitre (plain).svg | image_size = 200px }} James Kendrick Williams (born September 5, 1936) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, from 1988 to 2002. BiographyBorn in Athertonville, Kentucky, Williams was ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky, on May 25, 1963. On April 15, 1984, Williams was named titular bishop of Catula and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington, and was consecrated bishop on June 19, 1984. On January 14, 1988, he was named first bishop of the Diocese of Lexington and was installed on March 2, 1988. On June 11, 2002, Williams resigned after three lawsuits against him alleging sexual abuse of teenage boys. He denied the allegations.[1][2] See also{{portal bar|Biography|Catholicism|Kentucky}}{{div col}}
References1. ^{{cite news |last1=Collins |first1=Dan |title=Kentucky Bishop Resigns |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kentucky-bishop-resigns/ |accessdate=July 31, 2018 |work=CBS News |date=June 12, 2002}} 2. ^{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Edward |title=2 More Bishops Resign in Sex Scandal |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2002/06/12/2-more-bishops-resign-in-sex-scandal/58364bcd-648a-4de2-bb48-9e7b2a3cf4cf/ |accessdate=July 1, 2018 |work=Washington Post |date=June 12, 2002}} External links
Episcopal succession{{s-start}}{{s-rel|ca}}{{succession box | before=First Bishop | title=Bishop of Lexington | years=1988–2002 | after=Ronald William Gainer| }}{{succession box | before= - | title=Auxiliary Bishop of Covington | years=1984–1988 | after= - | }}{{s-end}}{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington}}{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington}}{{Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, James Williams}}{{RC-bishop-stub}} 7 : 1936 births|Living people|American Roman Catholic bishops|People from LaRue County, Kentucky|20th-century Roman Catholic bishops|21st-century Roman Catholic bishops|Roman Catholic bishops of Lexington |
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