Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, on Thursday made his first American bishop appointment as he named Bishop Michael Pham as bishop of San Diego, California. Pham, 58, is currently an ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls ...

In January, the Vatican announced that the diocese’s longtime leader, Robert McElroy, was moving to Washington, D.C. McElroy ...

(RNS) — In his first United States episcopal appointment, Pope Leo XIV named Michael Pham bishop of San Diego on Thursday ...

Pope Leo XIV appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael Pham as the new bishop of San Diego, making him the first Vietnamese-American ...

Picked to lead the San Diego Diocese, Michael Pham is Pope Leo XIV's first appointment of a bishop in the United States. Pham ...

Pope Leo XIV Thursday appointed Michael Pham, previously auxiliary bishop of San Diego and diocesan administrator, as the Bishop of San Diego.

Pope Leo XIV’s emphasis on faith in the risen Christ is fundamental for the Church, particularly in Europe, Italian Cardinal ...

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May 22, 2025 (San Diego) – Auxiliary Bishop Michael Pham, 58, has been appointed by Pope Leo XIV to serve as Bishop of the ...

Michael Pham, 58, is currently an auxiliary bishop in the diocese; he was ordained a priest in the San Diego diocese in 1999.

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael M. Pham of San Diego to head the diocese.