ROME – Following a recent visitation and several instances of outspoken opposition to the current papacy, the Vatican announced Saturday that Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, has been removed from the leadership of his diocese.
In a November 11 statement, the Vatican announced that “the Holy Father has relieved Bishop Joseph Strickland from the governance of the Diocese of Tyler,” and that he has named Bishop Joe Vásquez of Austin as apostolic administrator until a new bishop is named.
A staunch conservative and papal critic who has all but accused Pope Francis of heresy, Strickland and the Diocese of Tyler were the object of a Vatican apostolic visitation earlier this year.
