Installation of Wilmington s new bishop begins new era for diocese – Catholic Philly
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A Priest s Priest With Ties to Brooklyn Diocese is New Bishop for Wilmington, Delaware
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President Joe Biden departs after attending Mass at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., Saturday, March 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Pope Francis has selected a new leader for Delaware’s Catholics. On July 13, William Koenig will replace Bishop Francis Malooly, who led the Diocese of Wilmington serving all of Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore since 2008.
Koenig, 64, most recently worked as Vicar for Clergy for the Diocese of Rockville Centre in Long Island, New York. Prior to that, he worked as Rector at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre.
Bishop-elect William Koenig will take over the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington in July. (courtesy Diocese of Wilmington)
Archbishop in SF Says No to Communion for Pro-Choice Catholics May 3, 2021
NEW YORK Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco has become the latest American bishop to advocate barring Catholic public figures who support abortion rights from communion, as the debate on the topic continues to grow since President Joe Biden, the country’s second Catholic president and a pro-choice Democrat, took office.
Archbishop Cordileone’s letter is also significant because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, another pro-choice Catholic Democrat, resides in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is pictured in a file photo celebrating Mass outside the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption as part of a rosary rally. (Photo: CNS/Dennis Callahan, Archdiocese of San Francisco)