The Vatican has announced that Bishop George Leo Thomas will be the first metropolitan archbishop of Las Vegas. / Diocese of HelenaVatican City, May 30, 2023 / 06:10 am (CNA).Pope Francis created a new ecclesiastical province in the United States on Tuesday by elevating Las Vegas to a metropolitan archdiocese.The Vatican announced on May 30 that Bishop George Leo Thomas will be the first metropolitan archbishop of Las Vegas. Thomas has served as the bishop of Las Vegas since 2018.The new Ecclesiastical Province of Las Vegas will include the suffragan dioceses of Reno and Salt Lake City.Las Vegas, which has had the notorious nickname "Sin City" since the 1930s, is one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. The Archdiocese of Las Vegas has a total population of 2.3 million people, of whom 620,000 are Catholics, according to the U.S. bishops conference.In the Catholic Church, an ecclesiastical province is a territory consisting of at least one archdiocese and several smaller
At least 19 clergy members connected to Anne Arundel County were cited in an expansive, damning report released earlier this month detailing child sex abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
At least 19 clergy members connected to Anne Arundel County were cited in an expansive, damning report released earlier this month detailing child sex abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore.