The Vatican on April 2, 2022 announced that Pope Francis had appointed Father Earl K. Fernandes to be the next bishop of the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio. / Courtesy of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 2, 2022 / 13:45 pm (CNA).Father Earl K. Fernandes says that when he was growing up in Toledo, Ohio, his mother used to pray that he d become "a good boy, a tall boy, and a doctor like my dad."God had other plans for his profession.On Saturday, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has appointed the 49-year-old Cincinnati pastor, the son of Indian immigrants, to be the next bishop of the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio.The first Indian-American to head a U.S. Roman Catholic diocese, Fernandes succeeds Bishop Robert J. Brennan, who now leads the Diocese of Brooklyn. Fernandes episcopal ordination and installation is scheduled for May 31In a press conference Saturday morning in Columbus, the bishop-elect spoke at length about the example of his immigrant pare
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