Left: Bishop W. Francis Malooly at the Vatican in December 2019 (CNS/Paul Haring). Right: Msgr. William Koenig in Rockville Centre, New York, in January 2019 (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz).
WILMINGTON, Del More than two years after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Wilmington, Delaware, is stepping down.
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of President Joe Biden s 77-year-old bishop April 30 and named Msgr. William Koenig, vicar for clergy for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, to succeed him.
The changes were announced in Washington by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Vatican nuncio to the United States.
Malooly, a native of Baltimore, has led the diocese of Delaware and Maryland s Eastern Shore since 2008 and celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood in 2020.
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