Pope Leo XIV has removed Archbishop Francisco Ozoria from all administrative and financial responsibilities of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo.

In a letter made public this week to local media, the archbishop revealed that the newly installed coadjutor, Archbishop Carlos Tomás Morel Diplán, “has special powers exclusively for the administration of diocesan assets, for economic and financial matters and for the management of the clergy and church personnel”, while he himself has been left with “only the title of Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo”.