New bishops

The Holy Father this morning named Bishop Walter Allison Hurley, Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, as the new bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan (USA).

The Holy Father also named Monsignor John Gerard Noonan, rector of St. John Vianney College Seminary in Miami Florida (USA), as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami.

The Holy Father also accepted the resignation (for reasons other than age) of the Bishop of Reno, Nevada (USA) the Most Rev. Phillip Francis Straling.