Bishop Appointment Archives

Birmingham, Ala., bishop retires; pope names Michigan bishop as successor

Mar 26, 2020

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Robert J. Baker, head of the Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama, and has named as his successor Bishop Steven J. Raica of Gaylord, Michigan.

By Catholic News Service

In South Sudan, installation of new Juba archbishop faces resistance

Mar 12, 2020

A controversy surrounding the installation of a new archbishop of Juba has met stiff resistance, with a group of clerics and laypeople rejecting the Vatican’s choice.

By Fredrick Nzwili, CNS

Pope names Savannah, Ga., bishop as Atlanta’s archbishop

Mar 5, 2020

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer of Savannah, Georgia, to be the archbishop of Atlanta.

By Catholic News Service

Pope names Rockville Centre, N.Y., pastor as auxiliary for diocese

Mar 3, 2020

Pope Francis has named Father Luis M. Romero Fernandez, who was recently appointed as vicar of Hispanic ministry and evangelization for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, to be an auxiliary bishop of the diocese.

By Catholic News Service

Pope names auxiliary for San Diego, three auxiliaries for Newark

Feb 27, 2020

Pope Francis has appointed Father Ramon Bejarano, a priest of the Diocese of Stockton, California, to be an auxiliary bishop of San Diego. He also has named three New Jersey priests — Msgr. Gregory J. Studerus, Benedictine Father Elias R. Lorenzo and Father Michael A. Saporito — to be auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey.

By Catholic News Service

Bishop Perez of Cleveland tapped to replace Chaput in Philadelphia

Jan 23, 2020

Pope Francis has tapped Bishop Nelson Perez to be the new archbishop of Philadelphia, replacing retiring Archbishop Charles Chaput with a native priest of the archdiocese.

By Christopher White