For Immediate Release: May 16, 2023 (RICHMOND) – Bishop Barry C. Knestout appointed Dr. Jennifer Bigelow as interim superintendent of schools for the Catholic Diocese of Richmond. She will lead diocesan schools during the 2023-2024 school year following the departure of Superintendent Kelly Lazzara to become president of Oakland Catholic High School in the Diocese…

May 10, 2023 WASHINGTON – Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has appointed Bishop Joseph N. Perry, auxiliary bishop of Chicago, to serve as the next chairman of the USCCB’s Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism. Bishop Perry succeeds Archbishop…

Culture and Faith 2023 “The culture of encounter is built in the search for harmony among diversity, a harmony that requires acceptance, openness and creativity. At the root of this style of life there is the Gospel. Never tire of invoking the Holy Spirit, Creator of harmony.” Pope Francis, June 4, 2022 Twitter page of…

For Immediate Release: May 2, 2023 The Most Rev. Barry C. Knestout has called to holy orders two seminarians from the Catholic Diocese of Richmond to the transitional diaconate. As they continue on the path to priesthood, David Arellano and Seth Seaman will be ordained transitional deacons, Saturday, May 20, 2023, at 10:30 am. Deacons…

Bishop Knestout Announces Clergy Assignments  April 27, 2023 Most Reverend Barry C. Knestout, bishop of Richmond, has announced the following clergy appointment effective April 21, 2023. Father Esteban DeLeon, pastor of Star of the Sea, Virginia Beach, is appointed the ecumenical officer for the Diocese of Richmond and assumes the duties effective immediately. The role…

U.S. Bishops’ International Justice and Peace Chairman on Ongoing Religious Persecution in Nicaragua   April 20, 2023   WASHINGTON – In another series of actions that have been denounced by the international community, the Nicaraguan Government has continued to target the Catholic Church in Nicaragua with abusive and obstructive surveillance, bans of public expressions of…

April 19, 2023 Educators To Recognize Teachers at Excellence in Catholic Education Awards Ceremony Bishop Knestout and the diocesan Office of Catholic Schools (OCS) will recognize teachers Thursday, April 20, at the sixth annual Excellence in Catholic Education Awards ceremony in Richmond. Administrators and colleagues at each diocesan Catholic school nominated and selected a teacher…

April 13, 2023 Most Reverent Barry C. Knestout, bishop of Richmond has announced the following clergy appointment effective July 1, 2023. Reverend Thomas M. Yehl, YA – from parochial vicar of Blessed Sacrament, Alexandria, Diocese of Arlington, to chaplain of the Catholic Campus Ministry serving Virginia Tech.

U.S. Bishops’ President Asks Faithful to Pray for Pope Francis’ Speedy Recovery March 29, 2023 WASHINGTON – On Wednesday afternoon March 29, Pope Francis was taken to Gemelli Hospital in Rome. Reports followed that Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will remain in the hospital for several days. Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio of…

March 8, 2023 Saint Patrick’s Day Statement Since the Memorial of Saint Patrick’s Day falls on a Friday during Lent this year, Bishop Knestout, as he has in past years, prefers to grant local pastors the authority to dispense from the requirement to abstain from eating meat – for those individuals who request it –…