Kelly will fill the vacancy left after Francis removed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, the former head of the diocese who had criticized the pontiff for some of his policies on LGBT issues and ...
Pope Francis relieved Bishop Joseph Strickland from the Tyler bishopric last November after an apostolic visitation concluded it was “not feasible” for Strickland to remain.
Letters to the editor: NCR readers respond to our reporting on a procession led by Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, to Dodger's Stadium on Pride Night, June 16.