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Pope Francis names new bishop for U.S. Virgin Islands
Mar 3, 2021 contributor
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.