The Archbishop of New York is recovering after surgery, he announced in a letter published July 13.
“On July 1, I returned to the Archdiocese of New York from a beautiful and powerful pallium pilgrimage in Rome,” said Archbishop Ronald Hicks in the letter. Archbishop Hicks was installed as the 11th Archbishop of New York in February.
After returning to the city, Archbishop Hicks wrote that he was diagnosed with a detached retina in his left eye, which required surgery to repair.
“I am grateful to share that the initial surgery was successful, and I am now in a period of recovery over the next several weeks,” he said.
