Pontiff makes long-anticipated auxiliary bishop appointments in Rome
February 26, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Leo XIV appointed four new auxiliary bishops of Rome on February 25.
The appointments, The Pillar noted, may presage an “end to a tumultuous period in the Pope’s diocese, which began in 2024 with Pope Francis dismissing six auxiliary bishops in just more than a year and abolishing one of the diocese’s five pastoral sectors.” Pope Leo restored the sector in November.
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