CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Jerome Feudjio, vicar general and chancellor of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, to head the diocese, as first reported by the National Catholic Reporter. He succeeds Bishop Herbert A. Bevard of St. Thomas, whose resignation was accepted by Pope Francis September 18, 2020. […]
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Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Bishop Bevard of St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Herbert Bevard of St. Thomas today and named Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory as apostolic administrator, according to Wikipedia. St. Thomas is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Washington. Bishop Bevard, 74, had been hospitalized after falling ill “several weeks ago,” was later airlifted and […]