Pope Leo XIV appoints Bishop Michael Pham to lead San Diego diocese, marking his first American bishop appointment.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael M. Pham of San Diego to head the diocese.

The Diocese of San Diego is comprised of 8,852 square miles and has a total population of 3,454,921 -- 1,381,968 of which ...

Bishop-elect Michael Pham was appointed the San Diego Diocese’s temporary administrator after Cardinal Robert McElroy was ...

Michael Pham, 58, is currently an auxiliary bishop in the diocese; he was ordained a priest in the San Diego diocese in 1999.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael M. Pham of San Diego to head the diocese.

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