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Pope Francis appointed Campbell as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington on March 8, 2017. [2] [1] On April 21, 2017, Campbell was consecrated as a bishop by Cardinal Wuerl at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, with Bishops Martin Holley and Barry Knestout serving as co-consecrators.
Evelio Menjivar-Ayala was born on August 14, 1970, in Chalatenango, El Salvador.As a teenager, he made three attempts to enter the United States illegally. He finally arrived in California in 1990, having been smuggled in the trunk of a car with his brother over the border crossing between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, California.
It includes only members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and their predecessors. The number references the sequence of consecration. "Diocese" refers to the diocese over which the bishop presided or, if he did not preside, the diocese in which he served as coadjutor bishop or auxiliary bishop.
Gregory previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago from 1983 to 1994; as Bishop of Belleville from 1994 to 2004; and as Archbishop of Atlanta from 2005 to 2019. He was the first Black president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, serving from 2001 to 2004.
Pope Francis appointed Esposito-Garcia as an auxiliary bishop of Washington on December 19, 2022. [2] On February 21, 2023, Esposito-Garcia was consecrated as a bishop at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington by Cardinal Wilton Gregory, with Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville and Auxiliary Bishop Roy Campbell acting as co-consecrators.
Bishop Fisher's personal coat of arms. Pope Francis appointed Fisher as an auxiliary bishop of Washington at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in the District of Columbia on June 8, 2018. [6] [7] Fisher was consecrated by Wuerl on June 29, 2018, with Bishops Barry C. Knestout and Mario E. Dorsonville acting as co-consecrators. [8 ...
On February 25, 1995, Pope John Paul II appointed Lori as an auxiliary bishop of Washington and titular bishop of Bulla. He was consecrated by Hickey on April 20, 1995, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Cardinal William Baum and Bishop William Curlin served as Lori's co-consecrators.
Archbishop José Gómez, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, informed the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith that the bishops were planning on submitting a draft of a document "to address the situation of Catholics in public office who support legislation allowing abortion, euthanasia or other moral evils". [11]