Bishop Joseph Andrew Williams, formerly of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis in Minnesota, has joined the Diocese of Camden as a coadjutor bishop, meaning he will assist Bishop Dennis Sullivan until Sullivan retires next year, and possibly succeed him.
Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Joseph Williams, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, as the coadjutor bishop of Camden, New Jersey, the apostolic nuncio to the United States announced May 21.
John W. Martens is an associate professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn,where he teaches early Christianity and Judaism. He also directs the Master of Arts in Theology program at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity. He was born in Vancouver, B.C. into a Mennonite family that had decided to confront modernity in an urban setting. His post-secondary education began at Tabor College, Hillsboro, Kansas, came to an abrupt stop, then started again at Vancouver Community College, where his interest in Judaism and Christianity in the earliest centuries emerged.