By Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY (ShahBlogger) -Pope Francis has dismissed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, one among his fiercest critics amongst U.S. Catholic conservatives, a Vatican assertion stated on Saturday.
It is vitally uncommon for a Roman Catholic bishop to be relieved of his duties outright. Normally bishops in hassle with the Vatican are requested to resign earlier than submitting a resignation, which the pope accepts.
Popes make such strikes, thought of drastic, when a bishop refuses a request to resign. Strickland is 65, 10 years shy of the same old retirement age for bishops.
Strickland, a prolific consumer of social media who had been bishop of the diocese since 2012, tweeted earlier this 12 months that he rejected the pope’s “program undermining the Deposit of Religion”.
The dismissal adopted a Vatican investigation earlier this 12 months into the administration of the Tyler diocese, which Catholic media experiences stated included a overview of his dealing with of economic affairs.
The dismissal was introduced concurrently by the Vatican and the U.S. Bishops Convention. Neither assertion gave a purpose. There was no speedy response from Strickland.
Francis named the bishop of Austin, Texas, Joe Vasquez, because the interim administrator of the diocese, the assertion stated.
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