Michael Pham, 58, is currently an auxiliary bishop in the diocese; he was ordained a priest in the San Diego diocese in 1999.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV , history’s first American pope, on Thursday made his first American bishop appointment as he ...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael M. Pham of San Diego to head the diocese.

The Diocese of San Diego is comprised of 8,852 square miles and has a total population of 3,454,921 -- 1,381,968 of which ...

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Stream San Diego News for free ... "He was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2024 and headed the Dicastery for Bishops, a position in the Vatican that advises the Pope on the selection of ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday appointed ... Pham began his seminary studies in the 1990s at St. Francis Seminary at the University of San Diego and completed his training at St. Patrick’s Seminary ...

SAN DIEGO — Pope Leo XIV ... He fills the vacancy created when Pope Francis named Cardinal Robert McElroy archbishop of Washington D.C. earlier this year. Pham, who was born in Da Nang, Vietnam ...