after Pope Francis removed Bishop Joseph Strickland. Strickland had criticized the Pope's progressive-leaning stances on abortion, on LGBTQ rights, and on his restrictions on Latin Mass.

after Pope Francis removed Bishop Joseph Strickland. The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston serves 1.7 million Catholics in 146 parishes across 10 counties in southeastern Texas.

Vásquez was most recently selected by Francis to oversee the Diocese of Tyler, also in Texas, after he dismissed its former bishop, Joseph Strickland, who had openly accused the pope of being a ...

Pope Francis has appointed a new bishop to a Texas-based diocese who will replace a theologically conservative critic of the pontiff who was removed from office last year. The Catholic Diocese of ...

after Pope Francis removed Bishop Joseph Strickland. The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston serves 1.7 million Catholics in 146 parishes across 10 counties in southeastern Texas.