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 ...

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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Augustine High School, studied with Pope Leo XIV back when he was a priest. Both are members of the Order of St. Augustine in the Roman Catholic Church. (Roxana Popescu / The San Diego Union ...

Augustine High School in San Diego. The announcement of Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV was met with cheers from the crowd at St. Peter’s Square and elation from those connected to him ...

Bautista said. For the parishioners around him in San Diego County, Bautista said their connection with Pope Leo XIV was solidified in real time when he began speaking Spanish from the balcony of St.

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