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Oct. 28—Archbishop John C. Wester has called on Santa Feans to reach a compromise on the future of the Plaza obelisk in advance of a key City Council vote Wednesday regarding the controversial ...
John Charles Wester (born November 5, 1950) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Santa Fe since 2015. He previously served as Bishop of Salt Lake City from 2007 to 2015 and as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Francisco from 1998 to 2007.
Oct. 30—Several proponents of rebuilding the Soldiers' Monument on the Santa Fe Plaza have criticized Archbishop John C. Wester's call this week for "common ground" on the issue as anti-Hispanic.
Sep. 6—Archbishop John C. Wester, who will celebrate former Gov. Bill Richardson's Mass of Christian Burial next week at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in downtown Santa Fe ...
On July 19, 1850, Pope Pius IX erected the Vicariate Apostolic of Santa Fe, which included all of New Mexico and parts of Texas and Arizona. He named Reverend Jean-Baptiste Lamy, a Frenchman, as the vicar apostolic. [16] Lamy entered Santa Fe in 1851, and was welcomed by the Governor of the territory, James S. Calhoun.
Pope Benedict XVI replaced him in Salt Lake City with Auxiliary Bishop John Wester of San Francisco in 2007. [25] Wester served in Salt Lake City until his appointment as archbishop of Santa Fe in 2015. [26] As of 2023, the bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake city is Oscar Solis, formerly an auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles.
John Block, the Republican nominee for House District 51, asked Archbishop John C. Wester to take "swift disciplinary action" against Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, including ...
A bronze statue by Jeno Juszko honors Father Lamy (1814–1888), who was installed as the first bishop of the Diocese of Santa Fe in 1850. Under his direction, the cornerstone of the current cathedral was laid in 1869. He became archbishop in 1875, when the diocese was raised to an archdiocese. [4]