Pope Benedict IX
Pope Leo IX
This was done during the Great Schism in which the Eastern and Western Churches excommunicated each other.
The Great Schism occurred in the year 1054 and was when the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church parted ways. It was a situation that had been brewing for many years because of both theological and political differences. It came to a head in 1054 when the Pope in Rome and the Patriarch of the East in Constantinople mutually excommunicated each other.
Bishop Harold Norwood was excommunicated by no one and more so by that false 'bishop" Mendez who himself was excommunicated and obtained his '0rdination" by deception!
Bishop "Cilicio" excommunicated anyone who followed the Spiritual Exercises. The nickname translates as "the hairshirt bishop."
Bartholomew I
the Western and Eastern churches excommunicated each other
The Western and Eastern Churches excommunicated each other.
They formally split the Christian Church apart They created two completely separate churches.
Bishop Laurence Bonaventure Sheil invalidly excommunicated her, citing insubordination as the reason. On his death bed he lifted the excommunication.
The Great Eastern Schism in 1054. The pope and the patriarch mutually excommunicated each other.
In 1054 AD the leaders of each Church mutually excommunicated each other.
The Bishop of Rome was considered to be supreme in the order of Catholic church hierarchy. The man who held this title in 1054 AD was St. Leo IX. His reign lasted from 1049-1054 and Victor II took over on 1055.