"It was such a thrill for me when Apostolic Nuncio Christophe Pierre gave me a call" May 14, Pham told a press conference at ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV , history’s first American pope, on Thursday made his first American bishop appointment as he ...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael M. Pham of San Diego to head the diocese.

Pope Leo XIV Thursday appointed Michael Pham, previously auxiliary bishop of San Diego and diocesan administrator, as the Bishop of San Diego.

He fills the vacancy created when Pope Francis named Cardinal Robert McElroy ... was ordained a priest in the San Diego diocese in 1999 and was made a bishop in 2023. He was in charge of ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday appointed ... Pham began his seminary studies in the 1990s at St. Francis Seminary at the University of San Diego and completed his training at St. Patrick’s Seminary ...

He fills the vacancy created when Pope Francis named Cardinal Robert McElroy ... was ordained a priest in the San Diego diocese in 1999 and was made a bishop in 2023. He was in charge of ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Pope Leo XIV appointed Michael ... "He was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2024 and headed the Dicastery for Bishops, a position in the Vatican that advises the Pope on ...