Posted on 01/20/2025 9:40:13 AM PST by ebb tide
Bishop Joe Vásquez, 67, of Austin, Texas, was appointed the next Archbishop of Galveston-Houston (1.8 million Catholics). He will succeed Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, 75.
Houston is the fourth largest city in the US, after New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Vásquez arrived in Austin in 2010. Local Catholics on social media describe him as "horrible liberal" [= anti-Catholic].
A native Texan, Vásquez studied theology in Houston before attending the Pontifical North American College in Rome.
Francis appointed Vásquez as Apostolic Administrator of the neighboring Diocese of Tyler to following the removal of Bishop Joseph Strickland in November, 2023.
Vásquez served as head of both the Austin and Tyler dioceses.
November 2024: Bishop Vásquez abolished all five overcrowded Latin Masses in the Diocese of Tyler, including in the Cathedral. Only the Roman Mass celebrated at the FSSP parish remained.
December 2024: Francis appointed Bishop Gregory Kelly to the Tyler Diocese after the dirty work against Catholics was done.
January 2025: Bishop Vásquez, who abolished the Masses, is rewarded.
Sad news for the traditional Catholics in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
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