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Pope accepts resignation of Bishop Bevard of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
- Sep 18, 2020
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Herbert A. Bevard of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands and named Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory as apostolic administrator.
Pope accepts resignation of Joliet’s Bishop Conlon
- May 4, 2020
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of 71-year-old Bishop R. Daniel Conlon of Joliet, Illinois, just over four months after the bishop took a medical leave of absence.
Virginia bishop says racist photo another assault on human dignity
- Feb 3, 2019
Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge called on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Feb. 2 “to do what is best to restore the trust and confidence of the people in our leaders” after a racist photo from the governor’s 1984 medical school yearbook emerged a day earlier.
Pope accepts resignation of two Chilean bishops accused of abuse or cover-up
- Sep 21, 2018
Pope Francis on Friday accepted the resignations of Bishop Cristian Contreras of San Felipe and Bishop Carlos Pellegrin of Chillan in Chile.
Pope removes Chile bishop accused of abuse cover up
- Jun 11, 2018
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno, Chile, one of the central figures in Chile’s mushrooming clerical sexual abuse scandals.
Hope, cynicism both on display after mass Chile resignations
- May 19, 2018
Abuse victims in Chile largely have welcomed the mass resignation of their country’s bishops, but other observers see the move in more cynical terms.
Pope gives Chile bishops something to pray on for abuse summit
- May 15, 2018
Pope Francis gives Chile’s bishops a text to meditate on as part of their three-day summit on the country’s clerical sexual abuse crisis.
Pope updates resignation norms for bishops, prelates in Roman Curia
- Feb 15, 2018
Updating the norms and regulations governing the resignation of bishops and of Roman Curia department heads who are not cardinals, Pope Francis said they will continue to hold office until he accepts their resignations.
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