The new Bishop designate of the Diocese of Wheeling Charleston is no stranger to the Mountain State. Most Reverend Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, was introduced to the church in Wheeling Friday morning having been appointed to the pope by Pope Leo XIV.

On May 1, Pope Leo XIV named two local priests, III, as new auxiliary bishops of Washington, and the pope also accepted the resignation of Bishop Roy E. Campbell Jr. from the office of auxiliary bishop of Washington.

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A native of El Salvador, West Virginia’s new bishop migrated to the United States in 1990 and was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Washington on May 29, 2004.

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Bishop René Henry Gracida, a WWII tail gunner who became one of the Catholic Church's longest-serving bishops in recent American history, has died at age 102. He led dioceses in Florida and Texas for more than four decades.

Menjivar-Ayala was born Aug. 14, 1970, in Chalatenango, El Salvador, and migrated to the United States in 1990. In 2023, he became an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington, becoming the first Salvadoran bishop in the country.