Pope Leo XIV, in first U.S. appointment, names San Diego’s new bishop

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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael M. Pham of San Diego to head the diocese. “We’re overjoyed!” the San Diego Diocese said simply on its website. He graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor’s and started a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering before transferring to St. Francis Seminary at the University of San Diego. Their epicopal ordination was at St. Therese of Carmel Church Sept. 28, 2023, joining San Diego Auxiliary Bishop Ramón Bejarano in ministry under Cardinal McElroy, then San Diego’s bishop. The Diocese of San Diego covers San Diego and Imperial counties in Southern California and is about 8,900 square miles.