The Most Rev. Michael A. Saporito will be solemnly installed as the sixth Bishop of Metuchen today at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Plainfield, New Jersey at 2:00 PM local time. Bishop Saporito was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1962 and was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Newark in 1992. In 2020, Pope Francis appointed him as auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Bishop Frank J. Dewane, Bishop Emeritus of Venice in Florida, who died today at the age of 76. Bishop Dewane was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin and ordained a priest for the same diocese in 1988. In 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as Coadjutor Bishop of Venice in Florida. He received episcopal consecration on July 25, 2006 with right of succession. Pope Leo XIV accepted his resignation on May 13, 2026. May Our Lady of the Rosary intercede for him, and may he rest in peace.

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of the Most Rev. Peter J. Byrne, 75, from the Office of Auxiliary Bishop of New York.

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Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, will be beatified today. The beatification will take place during a Mass at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri, presided over by Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization. Archbishop Sheen was born in 1895 and ordained a priest for the Diocese of Peoria in 1919. In 1951, Pope Pius XII appointed Auxiliary Bishop of New York and received episcopal consecration in Rome. He participated as a Council Father at the Second Vatican Council. In 1966, Saint Paul VI appointed him as the sixth Bishop of Rochester. He retired from his appointment in 1969. He died on December 9, 1979.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Most Rev. Brendan J. Cahill, currently Bishop of Victoria in Texas, as the Bishop of Joliet.

Today I had the pleasure of stopping in the Cathedral of Saint Augustine in Kalamazoo, Michigan and praying for Bishop Edward Lohse, Bishop of Kalamazoo and Apostolic Administrator of Steubenville.

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of the Most Rev. Francis I. Malone, 76, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Shreveport. At the same time, he has appointed Most Rev. Robert W. Marshall of Alexandria, as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Shreveport to serve until the appointment and installation of the new bishop.