Pope Leo XIV’s First Episcopal Appointment Is New Auxiliary Bishop in Callao, Peru

Pope Leo XIV named his first bishop this Thursday a week after being elected leader of the Catholic Church, the Vatican reported this Thursday. Michelangelo Contreras Llajaruna, superior of the South American district of the Marist Fathers, will now serve as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Callao, in Peru. Contreras Llajaruna, 45 years old, is originally from Cajabamba, about 776 kilometers north of Lima, according to the daily bulletin of th…

Pope Leo XIV’s first episcopal appointment is new auxiliary bishop in Callao, Peru

VATICAN CITY // In his first episcopal appointment, Pope Leo XIV has made the superior of the América del Sur district of the Marist Fathers an… The post Pope Leo XIV’s first episcopal appointment is new auxiliary bishop in Callao, Peru appeared first on CatholicVote org.

By CNN en Español Pope Leo XIV appointed his first bishop on Thursday, one week after being elected leader of the Catholic Church, the Vatican announced Thursday. Miguel Ángel Contreras Llajaruna, superior of the South American district of the Marist Fathers, will now serve as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Callao, Peru. Contreras Llajaruna, 45, is originally from Cajabamba, about 776 kilometers north of Lima, according to the daily bulletin…

By CNN en Español Pope Leo XIV appointed his first bishop on Thursday, one week after being elected leader of the Catholic Church, the Vatican announced Thursday. Miguel Ángel Contreras Llajaruna, superior of the South American district of the Marist Fathers, will now serve as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Callao, Peru. Contreras Llajaruna, 45, is originally from Cajabamba, about 776 kilometers north of Lima, according to the daily bulletin…

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday appointed Miguel Ángel Contreras Llajaruna as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Callao, Peru, in the first episcopal appointment of his pontificate, the Vatican reported. Leo XIV, who served as a missionary in Peru and bishop of Chiclayo before returning to Rome in 2023, has chosen a bishop from Peru for his first appointment. Fr. Miguel Ángel Contreras Llajaruna: Auxiliary Bishop of Callao, the first app…

Vatican City.- Pope Leo XIV made his first episcopal appointment designating Father Michelangelo Contreras Llajaruna as the new auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Callao, in Peru. Contreras serves as Episcopal Vicar for Consecrated Life and Superior of the District of South America of the Marist Fathers, assigning him the titular seat of Babra. This is reported in the official bulletin of the Press Office of the Holy See published on Thursday, M…