PUEBLO (CO)
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pueblo
January 15, 2014
His Holiness, Pope Francis on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 named Rev. Msgr. Stephen J. Berg as the fifth bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Pueblo. Bishop-elect Berg was formerly the Diocesan Administrator of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth. He succeeds Bishop Emeritus Fernando Isern who retired in June 2013. The announcement of the appointment was made Wednesday by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States—the Vatican’s ambassador to the U.S.
Bishop-elect Berg will be introduced at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at the Pueblo Pastoral Center at 101 North Greenwood Street. Bishop-elect Berg will be ordained and installed as Bishop of Pueblo on February 27, 2014, by Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila at a Mass in Pueblo. Archbishop Viganò will represent His Holiness Pope Francis at the ordination.
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