Vatican City, 24 November 2015 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed:
- Fr. Steven Joseph Lopes as ordinary
bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of “The Chair of St. Peter”,
United States of America. The bishop-elect was born in Fremont,
United States of America on 22 April, and was ordained a priest in
2001. He holds a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian
University in Rome, and is currently an official of the secretariat
of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He succeeds Bishop
Jeffrey N. Steenson, whose resignation from the pastoral ministry of
the same Personal Ordinariate in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of
the Code of Canon Law.
- Fr. Paul McAleenan and Msgr. John
Wilson as auxiliaries of the archdiocese of Westminster (area 3,634,
population 4,831,000, Catholics 485,300, priests 600, permanent
deacons 18, religious 1,289), England.
Bishop-elect McAleenan was born in
Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1951 and was ordained a priest in 1985.
He has served in a number of pastoral roles in the archdiocese of
Westminster, including parish vicar and parish priest. He is
currently canon of Westminster Cathedral.
Bishop-elect Wilson was born in
Sheffield, England in 1968, was baptised in the Anglican Communion
and received in the Catholic Church in 1985. He was ordained a priest
in 1995. He holds a bachelor's degree in theology and religious
studies from the University of Leeds, England, a bachelor's degree in
theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, a licentiate
in moral theology from the Alphonsianum of Rome and a doctorate in
ethics from the University of Durham, England. He has served in a
number of pastoral and academic roles in the diocese of Leeds,
including parish vicar, professor of moral theology, episcopal vicar
for evangelisation, and apostolic administrator. He is currently
parish priest in Wakefield, Yorkshire. In 2011 he was named Chaplain
of His Holiness.
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