Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Official Press Statement on the selection of Archbishop Jose H. Gomez as Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles

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BREAKING NEWS
WASHINGTON, DC
April 6, 2010
3:30 a.m.  PST

Here is the official media release on the appointment of Jose H. Gomez as the new head of the Los Angeles Archdiocese.


Pope Benedict XVI has named Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of San Antonio, Texas, as Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles. The appointment was announced today, April 6, in Washington, D.C., by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States.


As Coadjutor, Archbishop Gomez, 58, will automatically become head of the three-county Archdiocese of Los Angeles upon Cardinal Roger Mahony’s retirement at age 75 on February, 27, 2011. A Mass of Reception for Archbishop Gomez is scheduled for May 26.

Cardinal Roger Mahony will introduce Archbishop Gomez today, Tuesday, April 6 at a 10 a.m. press conference inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

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