Pope Francis has named a new bishop of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, Bishop Bruce Alan Lewandowski, C.S.R., titular Bishop of Croae and, to date, auxiliary bishop of Baltimore. The appointment was announced by the Vatican on April 8.

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Bruce Alan Lewandowski as the tenth Bishop of Providence. The 57-year-old Bishop Lewandowski is a native of Toledo, Ohio and a member of the Redemptorists.

Pope Francis has named a Maryland prelate to serve as Rhode Island’s new Roman Catholic bishop, the Vatican announced Tuesday, giving the state’s Catholics fresh leadership on the eve of Holy Week. The pope’s selection of the Most Rev.