San Diego s first-ever cardinal will soon lead Washington, D.C., diocese as Trump takes office San Diego Union-Tribune

Pope Francis is moving the head of San Diego s Roman Catholic Diocese to Washington, D.C., placing a prominent ally, as well as a supporter of migrant and LGBTQ communities, in the nation s capital as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to launch mass deportations and a rollback of transgender rights.

The Vatican on Monday announced that Cardinal Robert McElroy would take over the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Washington starting in March.

McElroy, 70, has led the local diocese for almost a decade and in 2022 was appointed to the College of Cardinals, making him the first San Diego leader to ever join the highest-ranking body within the world s largest Christian church.

I am grateful for the opportunity to serve the Catholic community in our nation s capital and for the confidence His Holiness has placed in me, but I have truly loved the last ten years I ve spent as bishop of San Diego, McElroy said in a statement. I have never in my life felt more welcomed, more supported or more rewarded than I felt sharing my ministry with the priests, the women religious, and the faithful parishioners of our diocese.

via www.sandiegouniontribune.com

Bishop Strickland is not happy about this.
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