Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston gets Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala after Brennan resignation
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Updated · USCCB · May 1
Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston gets Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala after Brennan resignation
11 articles · Updated · USCCB · May 1
The pope accepted the resignation of Bishop Mark Brennan, 79, and named Menjivar-Ayala, currently an auxiliary bishop in Washington, to lead the West Virginia diocese.
The move gives Wheeling-Charleston a new bishop while creating a vacancy in Washington, where Leo XIV also named Fathers Gary Studniewski and Robert Boxie as auxiliary bishops.
The appointment was part of a wider May 1 set of episcopal changes affecting several US dioceses and London, Ontario, as retirements prompted leadership transitions.
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