Pope Leo XIV makes first U.S. bishop appointment, fills San Diego vacancy

Pope Leo XIV makes first U.S. bishop appointment, fills San Diego vacancy

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, on Thursday made his first American bishop appointment as he named Bishop Michael Pham as bishop of San Diego, California.

Pham, 58, is currently an auxiliary bishop in the diocese. He fills the vacancy created when Pope Francis named Cardinal Robert McElroy archbishop of Washington D.C. earlier this year.

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Pope Leo XIV makes first U.S. bishop appointment, fills San Diego vacancy

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