The first Filipino-American bishop ordained in the United States has been installed as the leader of Salt Lake City's Catholic diocese, ending the city's longest period without a bishop.
Bishop Oscar Azarcon Solis replaces John C Wester, who was appointed archbishop in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2015, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. Solis, who can move seamlessly from English to Spanish to Tagalog, was born in San Jose City in the Philippines and was ordained a priest in 1979.
Solis, 63, previously served in New Jersey and Louisiana before becoming an auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles. Because he served in an Italian/Cuban parish in New Jersey, a French/Creole parish in Louisiana, and the polyglot parishes of Southern California, people often ask what kind of accent he has.
