Pope Francis named three new auxiliary bishops - two for Detroit and one for Orange, California. The appointments were announced on November 23 by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
For Detroit, Pope Francis named Fr Gerard Battersby, 56, vice rector and dean of formation at Detroit's Sacred Heart Major Seminary, and Fr Robert Fisher, 57, pastor of the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica, Royal Oak, Michigan.
The current episcopal vicar for clergy for the Diocese of Orange, Fr Timothy Freyer, 53, was named an auxiliary of that diocese.
