NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -At St. Patrick’s Catholic Church on Camp Street, bells could be heard before a midday Mass. Mere hours earlier, Pope Leo formally accepted the resignation of New Orleans Archbishop ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Pope Leo XIV has officially accepted the resignation of Archbishop of New Orleans, Most Reverend Gregory M.

Pope Leo XIV appointed Archbishop James Checchio coadjutor archbishop of New Orleans in September 2025 to automatically succeed the 76-year-old Archbishop Gregory Aymond upon his retirement.

The Vatican announced Wednesday that the Most Rev. James F. Checchio, who has served as coadjutor archbishop of the local Roman Catholic Church since September, has formally taken the reins from New ...

Archbishop W. Shawn McKnight of Kansas City, Kan., displays his pallium at the Pontifical North American College in Rome after receiving it from Pope Leo XIV during a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica June ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Archbishop Gregory Aymond and named James Checchio as the 15th archbishop of New Orleans. The 76-year-old Aymond served one year past the ...