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Bishop Richard Stika has attributed his early resignation to years of life-threatening health scares, and in-part the physical and emotional weight of the controversies surrounding his leadership.
Bishop Richard F. Stika, whose 14-year leadership of the East Tennessee diocese has increasingly come under scrutiny and critique, has resigned, the Vatican said.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (OSV News) Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville, 65, has resigned from pastoral governance of the diocese. Pope Francis accepted the resignation June 27 and also appointed Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre of Louisville, Kentucky, as apostolic administrator of Knoxville until a new bishop is appointed and installed. The resignation and appointment were