BOSTON (MA)
WCVB - ABC 5 [Boston MA]
August 4, 2024
By Veronica Haynes
BOSTON — Cardinal Sean O’Malley is retiring after more than 20 years as the leader of the Archdiocese of Boston, sources tell NewsCenter 5.
Bishop Richard Henning of Providence, Rhode Island, will be named the next archbishop of Boston, sources say.
The Vatican is expected to make the official announcement at 6 a.m. Monday, which is noon in Rome.
O’Malley, 80, is the ninth bishop and sixth archbishop in the more than 200-year history of the Archdiocese of Boston.
Pope John Paul II appointed O’Malley the archbishop of Boston on July 1, 2003, after the resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law. At the time, the archdiocese was in turmoil, still grappling with the pain and fallout of the clergy sex abuse scandal.
Before Boston, O’Malley served for about 10 years as the bishop of the Fall River Diocese and then briefly as the bishop of the Palm Beach, Florida, diocese.
The Ohio native was elevated to cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006.