Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal John Tong Hon as bishop of Hong Kong. Coadjutor Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung, 70, succeeds the cardinal as head of the diocese, the Vatican ...

According to the Diocese of Peoria, due to the strict quarantine imposed on Illinois during the coronavirus, the date of Bishop elect Tylka’s episcopal ordination and installation at the Cathedral of ...

Pope Francis has changed Guam’s Catholic church leadership by appointing a successor to Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron, who currently faces a canonical trial at the Vatican over alleged sexual abuse of ...

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, and Coadjutor Bishop Richard G. Henning of Providence immediately succeeds him. Tobin turned 75 April 1 ...

NEWARK, N.J. — Pope Francis today appointed Archbishop Bernard Hebda, who had been serving as bishop of Gaylord, in northern Michigan, as coadjutor archbishop of Newark. As coadjutor, Archbishop Hebda ...

Pope Francis Tuesday is expected to name a second archbishop to serve alongside John J. Myers in the Archdiocese of Newark, a development that comes as Myers nears mandatory retirement age and faces ...

AGAIN WHERE YOU ARE. I’VE GOT THAT IN TEN MINUTES. A CHANGING OF THE GUARD COMING SOON FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS. POPE LEO THE 14TH HAS TAPPED BISHOP JAMES CHECCHIO TO LEAD THE CATHOLIC ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal John Tong Hon as bishop of Hong Kong. Coadjutor Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung, 70, succeeds the cardinal as head of the ...