Pope Names Four LA Priests As Auxiliary Bishops For LA Archdiocese

 WASHINGTON —The Holy Father Pope Francis today named Msgr. Albert Bahhuth, Ph.D., Father Matthew Elshoff, OFM. Cap., Father Brian Nunes and Father Slawomir Szkredka, Ph.D., S.S.D., auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The appointments were announced in Washington, D.C. at 3 a.m. PDT, by Cardinal-designate Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States.

Archbishop José H. Gomez held a press conference July 18 inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown LA, to address the announcement and present the newly named auxiliary bishops.

Bishop-elect Bahhuth is a priest of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and currently pastor of Holy Family Church in South Pasadena. Bishop-elect Elshoff is a priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, a religious order, and a member of Our Lady of Angels Province, currently serving as pastor of St. Lawrence of Brindisi Church in Los Angeles. Bishop-elect Nunes is a priest of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, currently serving as vicar general and moderator of the curia for the archdiocese. Bishop-elect Szkredka is a priest of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, currently serving as formator and professor at Saint John Seminary in Camarillo.

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is comprised of 8,636 square miles in the State of California and has a total population of 11,291,951 of which 4,011,257 are Catholic.

Details: For a livestream of the press conference visit: LA Catholics.org/newbishops

For more information regarding the announcement and on each of the newly named bishops, visit angelusnews.com/local/la-catholics/four-new-auxiliary-bishops-LA.