Pope Leo names Trump critic as next bishop of West Virginia
Most Rev. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala previously told the AP that he fled El Salvador’s civil war as a teen in the late 1980s, eventually crossing illegally into the US in 1990, where he eventually gained humanitarian protection.
Pope names former migrant bishop
- Pope appoints former undocumented immigrant as new bishop of West Virginia The Guardian —
- Pope names former undocumented migrant as US bishop Punch —
- Pope names former undocumented migrant as US bishop of West Virginia Vanguard News —
- Catholic priest who criticized Trump immigration crackdown named West Virginia bishop The Independent —
- Pope Names Former Undocumented Migrant as US Bishop Kyiv Post —