Catholic Connection – July 5, 2022 – Hour 1

Archbishop Paul F. Russell joins us this morning. He has been appointed by Pope Francis to be the 31st auxiliary bishop in the history of the Archdiocese of Detroit.

Segment 1 – Intro and News

Segment 2 – Teresa’s Two Cents

Segment 3 – Pope appoints Vatican diplomat Archbishop Russell as Detroit auxiliary bishop
Archbishop Paul F. Russell will inaugurate his ministry as the 31st auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Detroit’s history on July 7, when Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron will celebrate a welcoming liturgy for him at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Archbishop Russell told Detroit Catholic he’s deeply moved by the prayers of the people of Detroit as he looks forward to serving the local Church “in any way I can,” he said. 

Born in Greenfield, Mass., and ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Boston, Archbishop Paul F. Russell spent the majority of his childhood in Alpena, growing up in St. Bernard of Clairvaux Parish in the northern Michigan city along Lake Huron. After five years in parish ministry and a year serving as priest secretary to Boston’s cardinal-archbishop, the future archbishop joined the Vatican’s diplomatic service in 1993 at the age of 34. Over three decades in ministry, he served the Church in nearly a dozen countries, including in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Zimbabwe, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Nigeria and Taiwan.

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