Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Vatican names New San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy

Who Is Bishop Robert McElroy? Vatican Names New Leader Of San Diego Diocese

One of the Catholic Church’s biggest vacancies in the United States has been filled. San Francisco  auxiliary bishop Robert McElroy has been appointed head of the Diocese of San Diego, the Vatican confirmed Tuesday. The diocese is one of the largest in the U.S. with nearly 1 million Catholics.

McElroy will be installed April 15. He will succeed Bishop Cirilo  Flores who died from cancer in September, less than a year after he was appointed. Both are considered moderates. McElroy has previously voiced his support for divorced and remarried Catholics to receive communion and shares Pope Francis' focus on poverty.

"Bishop McElroy is exemplary in his outreach to many groups and communities in the archdiocese and we are all grateful for his wise advice and guidance to people and parishes in the archdiocese,"
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco said in a statement Tuesday congratulating McElroy on his appointment.


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