Bishop Assignments

A veteran Redemptorist is experiencing a rarefied situation in the northern Alberta Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan.

Even as they began the busy work of transferring episcopal responsibility for Vancouver, it was the health of Pope Francis that was on everyone’s mind as the Holy Father announced Archbishop Richard Smith would be the next Archbishop of Vancouver.

Edmonton Archbishop Richard W. Smith has been appointed by Pope Francis as the next Archbishop of Vancouver, succeeding Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, whose retirement has been accepted by the Holy Father.

Fr. Charles Duval, C.Ss.R., has been named Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan in northwestern Alberta.

Fr. Alan Campeau has been named by Pope Francis as the new Bishop of Thunder Bay in northern Ontario.

The CCCB officially announced on Dec. 30 that Archbishop Richard Gagnon, 76, will retire as bishop of Winnipeg after Pope Francis accepted his resignation request and that Chatlain, currently Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, will be his successor.

It has been a chaotic few weeks for Fr. Michael Brehl, the leader of the Canadian Redemptorists who was appointed the newest Bishop for the Diocese of Pembroke June 11.

Fr. Michael Brehl, leader of the Canadian Redemptorists, has been named new bishop for the Diocese of Pembroke.

Catholics in the United Kingdom that are part of the personal ordinariate have welcomed Pope Francis' appointment of their first bishop -- and the first ordinariate bishop to hail from their Anglican heritage.

Pope Francis has "relieved" Bishop Joseph E. Strickland from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, the Holy See Press Office announced Nov. 11. Simultaneously, Francis has appointed Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin as apostolic administrator to oversee the diocese until a new bishop is appointed.