MISSISSIPPI
Caller-Times
Rob Boscamp, Special to the Caller-Times January 1, 2017
Msgr. Louis F. Kihneman III will be ordained and installed as bishop of the Diocese of Biloxi on Feb. 17, 2017.
Rev. Msgr. Louis F. Kihneman III didn’t expect an early birthday gift from the Vatican.
In early December, the vicar general and moderator of the curia was getting ready to plan his November 2017 celebration of 40 years of priesthood in the Diocese of Corpus Christi.
A phone call from Archbishop Christophe Pierre changed his plans.
“When I heard the accent and he introduced himself as Archbishop Pierre, I said, ‘Oh my! He knows my name!’ ” Kihneman said, recalling the way he told the story to his congregation at St. Philip the Apostle Parish.
Pierre presented Kihneman with both an early birthday and Christmas present: Pope Francis had named him to serve as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Biloxi in Mississippi.
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