Vásquez, Bishop of Austin, as the ninth Archbishop of Galveston-Houston. At the same time, Pope Frances announced his acceptance of Daniel Cardinal DiNardo’s resignation. Archbishop-Designate Vásquez ...

In an important move for the Catholic Church in Texas on Monday, Pope Francis named Austin Bishop Joe Vásquez to replace 75-year-old Cardinal Daniel DiNardo as head of the Archdiocese of ...

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Daniel DiNardo and appointed his successor. Reverend Joe S. Vásquez, Bishop of Austin, was tapped to be the ninth person to lead the local ...

Vásquez spent the last 15 years serving the Austin Diocese. This announcement came at the same time Cardinal Daniel DiNardo resigned from the Archdiocese. Cardinal DiNardo turned 75 years old ...

Reverend Joe S. Vásquez, Bishop of Austin, was appointed to be the ninth person to hold that position. Marianne Faithfull, British singer and Rolling Stones muse, dies at 78 My adult kids live at ...

The Austin shepherd will succeed Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, who submitted his resignation to the Holy Father in May. Bishop Joe Vasquez of the Diocese of Austin (l) celebrates Mass in the Mountain ...

DiNardo, now 75, is the standard retirement age of Catholic bishops. The Vatican did not explain the reason for the cardinal's resignation but canon law—the governing law of the Roman Catholic ...

Vasquez, who previously served as chair of the US bishops’ committee on migration, was expected to be a more forceful advocate for migrants than he predecessor Cardinal Daniel DiNardo.

Pope Francis criticized potential plans for mass deportations in the United States under President-elect Donald Trump during a wide-ranging Italian television interview on Sunday. “If this is ...