Pope appoints former undocumented immigrant as new bishop of West Virginia
Leo, who has criticized Trump’s hardline immigration policy, selected Evelio Menjivar-Ayala as state’s new bishop
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/pope-leo-xiv">Pope Leo XIV has appointed a man who had once entered the United States as an undocumented immigrant, hidden in the trunk of a car, as the new bishop of https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/west-virginia">West Virginia.
The pope approved the resignation of Bishop Mark E Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, and selected Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, 55, of Washington to take his place, reported https://www.osvnews.com/pope-accepts-resignation-of-west-virginia-bishop-names-washington-auxiliary-as-successor/">OSV News.
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