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Salvatore Joseph Cordileone (born June 5, 1956) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church and the Archbishop of San Francisco in California since 2012. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Oakland in California from 2009 to 2012 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of San Diego in California from 2002 to 2009.
Pope Francis erected the Archdiocese of Las Vegas in May 2023, suppressing the Diocese of Las Vegas that had been a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The dioceses of Reno and Salt Lake City then became suffragan dioceses of the new archdiocese. [54] As of 2023, Cordileone is the archbishop of San Francisco.
On July 6, 2010, McElroy was appointed an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Francisco and titular bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena by Pope Benedict XVI. On September 7, 2010, McElroy received his episcopal consecration from Archbishop George Niederauer, with Archbishop Emeritus Quinn and Bishop John Wester serving as co-consecrators. [12]
Ignatius Chung Wang (born February 27, 1934) is a Chinese-born American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in California from 2002 to 2009. Wang is the first Asian-American and Chinese-American to be appointed as a Catholic bishop.
Pope Francis appointed Christian auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Francisco on March 28, 2018. [2] [3] On June 5, 2018, Christian was consecrated as a bishop. The Archdiocese of San Francisco announced on January 14, 2019, that Christian had been appointed Rector-President of Saint Patrick's Seminary and University. [4]
The Archdiocese of San Francisco has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it faces more than 500 ... “We find it disturbing that Archbishop Cordileone claimed this is the ‘best way’ for ...
On April 10, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Justice as the titular bishop of Matara de Proconsolari and as an auxiliary bishop of San Francisco. He was consecrated by Archbishop George Niederauer on May 28, 2008, at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco. His co-consecrators were Bishop John Wester and Bishop Randolph ...
George Hugh Niederauer (June 14, 1936 – May 2, 2017) was an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of San Francisco. Before that, Niederauer served as Bishop of Salt Lake City from 1994 to 2005.