Pope creates new Texas archdiocese, transfers three bishops

Published: 2004-12-29

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope John Paul II has elevated the Diocese of Galveston-Houston to an archdiocese, appointed three bishops to new posts and accepted the resignation of Archbishop Patrick F. Flores of San Antonio. The announcements were made Dec. 29 in Washington by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the United States. The bishops receiving new posts are: Auxiliary Bishop Jose H. Gomez of Denver, who was named to replace Archbishop Flores in San Antonio; Bishop Robert J. Carlson of Sioux Falls, S.D., who was named to head the Diocese of Saginaw, Mich., replacing Bishop Kenneth E. Untener, who died March 27; and Auxiliary Bishop Jerome E. Listecki of Chicago who was named head of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wis., left vacant in December 2003 when its leader was named to head the Archdiocese of St. Louis. With the elevation of Galveston-Houston to an archdiocese, Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza becomes an archbishop and Bishop Daniel N. DiNardo, named coadjutor bishop of Galveston-Houston last January, becomes coadjutor archbishop.

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