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Pope Francis names Filipino-American as newest bishop in Los Angeles
Alejandro “Alex” Aclan was presented as the newest auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on Tuesday after serving as a priest in the city for 25 years.
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San Fernando Valley auxiliary bishop Brennan will become bishop for Fresno; new auxiliary bishop named for L.A.
The new bishop of Fresno will be Joseph V. Brennan, who is currently one of five auxiliary bishops in the LA archdiocese.
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Filipino-American Named Auxiliary Bishop in Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Pope Francis Tuesday named Msgr. Alejandro “Alex” Aclan auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the archdiocese announced.
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Pope names bishops for Memphis, Fresno and auxiliary for Los Angeles
Just over four months after Pope Francis forced Bishop Martin D. Holley to step down as bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, he named Bishop David P. Talley of Alexandria, Louisiana, to lead the diocese.
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Pope Francis names 2nd Filipino bishop in U.S.
Pope Francis on Tuesday, March 5, named Monsignor Alejandro Aclan of Pasay City as the newest auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, making him the second Filipino-American bishop in the United States.
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Meet LA’s newest bishop, a proud Filipino immigrant
On March 5, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had tapped the 68-year-old priest to become the newest auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, where Msgr. Aclan has served as a priest for 25 years. Aclan’s nomination makes him the second Filipino-American priest to be named bishop in the U.S.
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Pope names an Angeleno as new bishop of America’s ‘food basket’
The son of a San Fernando Valley grocer and the ninth of ten children, he speaks fluent Spanish, and has a twin brother living in the diocese he will lead – a 35,000 square-mile territory with about 1.2 million Catholics situated in the heart of California’s agriculture-rich San Joaquin Valley, known as America’s “salad bowl” and the “food basket for the world.”
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Archbishop Gomez: A Lenten return to Jesus
Again Lent is coming, and I have been thinking about the words that we hear year after year on Ash Wednesday: “Remember, you are dust and to dust you will return.”
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Knights of Columbus #HeartofaPriest Tour Comes to LA
Fr. Egren Gomez, associate pastor at St. John Vianney in Hacienda Heights, shares his vocation story and what it meant to welcome the relic of St. John Vianney to his parish community.
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Local Catholic leadership group gets helping hand from Hannon Foundation
A local Catholic group hopes a recently announced $120,000 grant from the William H. Hannon Foundation will help form Catholic leaders among students.
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