Today, at 12-noon Rome time (7 a.m. EDT) Pope Francis appointed Conventual Franciscan Father John Stowe as the Third Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington.
Father Robert H. Nieberding, a retired priest of the Diocese of Lexington, has been elected as diocesan administrator to guide the diocese until Pope Francis names a new bishop.
Lexington. With today’s election of Pope Francis (Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., 76, of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Argentina) as the 267th Supreme Roman Pontiff, Bishop Ronald W. Gainer, head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington, released the following statement:
Lexington. Following Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement of his resignation this morning, Bishop Ronald W. Gainer, head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington, released the following statement: