U.S. Virgin Islands: Pope Francis taps Father Jerome Feudjio to be diocese’s next bishop
March 5, 2021
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Share | A familiar face to Catholics in the Virgin Islands has been appointed by Pope Francis as the next bishop of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.
The news that their parish priest, the Rev. Msgr. Jerome Feudjio, will be the next spiritual leader of Catholics in the territory was announced with the opening of a sealed letter from Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Christophe Pierre during a prayer service Tuesday morning at Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral on St. Thomas.
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In September 2020, then-Archbishop Wilton Gregory, at left, while serving as the apostolic administrator of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, ordained Father Andrew Lesko, center, to the priesthood for the Diocese of St. Thomas in a Mass at St. Stephen Martyr Church in Washington concelebrated by Msgr. Jerome Feudjio, right, that diocese s chancellor. Pope Francis named Msgr. Feudjio the new bishop of St. Thomas March 2, 2021. (Credit: Andrew Biraj/Catholic Standard via CNS.)
Pope Francis has appointed Msgr. Jerome Feudjio, vicar general and chancellor of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, to head the diocese.