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Usually bishops in trouble with the Vatican are asked to resign before submitting a resignation, which the pope accepts. Strickland is 65, 10 years shy of the usual retirement age for bishops.
The Dicastery for Bishops, after an investigation into "all aspects of [his] governance and leadership" [15] concluded "the continuation in office of Bishop Strickland was not feasible", and recommended that Strickland be asked to resign. On November 9, 2023, Strickland was asked to resign, but refused. [16] Pope Francis then removed Strickland ...
Having been presented with that request on November 9, 2023, Bishop Strickland declined to resign from office.” “Thereafter, on November 11, 2023, the Holy Father removed Bishop Strickland ...
The Vatican never released the findings and Strickland had insisted he wouldn’t resign voluntarily, saying in media interviews that he was given a mandate to serve as bishop in 2012 by the late ...
In November 2023, Schneider denounced Pope Francis's decision to remove Bishop Joseph Strickland from his diocese. Strickland was a frequent critic of Pope Francis. "This will go down in history as a great injustice against a bishop who did only his task in a time of confusion," Schneider said.
Altman's initial comments regarding Democratic voters were praised by Bishop Joseph Strickland of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, who endorsed his message. [10] Father Dwight D. Longenecker also defended Altman from criticism. [11] Altman was criticized by Father James Martin SJ who said he helped contribute to the January 6 United States Capitol ...
Bishop Joseph Strickland was ‘relieved’ of his duties as head of the Diocese of Tyler after challenging the pope’s leadership
Bishop Joe S. Vasquez was appointed as the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Tyler by Pope Francis after removing Bishop Joseph E. Strickland.