Bishop Menjivar Appoints Priests to Assist Latin Mass Expansion in West Virginia

September 1, 2026 World News

Wheeling-Charleston Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala speaks during his ordination Mass in Wheeling, West Virginia, July 2, 2026. The newly installed bishop was appointed by Pope Leo XIV to the role after serving as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Washington.

The bishop’s purpose is to foster “greater unity among Catholic faithful” and attend to “their diverse spiritual needs,” a diocesan announcement said.

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