Pope merges Dioceses of Anchorage
and Juneau and names first bishop
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| Bishop Andrew Bellisario with Pope Francis on his ad limina visit, February 2020 |
Pope Francis makes the Archdiocese of Anchorage and the
Diocese of Juneau one ecclesiastical territory of Anchorage-Juneau (United
States) and appoints Bishop Andrew Bellisario, CM, Apostolic Administrator of
Anchorage as its first Metropolitan Archbishop.
By Vatican News
On Tuesday afternoon, it was announced that Pope Francis has
merged the Archdiocese of Anchorage, Alaska, with the Diocese of Juneau. The
new Archdocese of Anchorage-Juneau will be led by its first Archbishop, Andrew
Bellisario, Bishop of the Diocese of Juneau and Apostolic Administrator of
Anchorage.
Andrew Eugene Bellisario was born in 1956 in Los Angeles,
California. He attended primary school at St Stephen's Elementary School in
Monterey Park, California.
He entered the minor seminary of St Vincent de Paul in
Montebello, California in 1971. In 1975 he entered the Congregation of the
Missions (Vincentians) in Santa Barbara. He undertook philosophical studies at
St Mary's Seminary in Perryville, Missouri, beginning in 1976, followed by
theological studies at DeAndreis Seminary in Lemont, Illinois (1980-1984),
after which he was ordained a Vincentian priest on 16 June 1984.
He first served as Dean of Students at St Vincent de Paul
Minor Seminary in Montebello, California (1984-1986), followed by various
parish assignments: parrochial vicar (1986- 1989) and parish administrator
(1989-1990) of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish in Montebello; pastor of
Saint Vincent de Paul Parish in Huntington Beach, California (1990-1995) and
Sacred Heart Parish in Patterson, California (1995-1998). He then became
Treasurer and Provincial Councilor for the Vincentians (1996-2002), followed by
the position of Director of the De Paul Evangelization Center in Montebello
(1998-2002); Superior of the De Paul Center Residence in Montebello
(2001-2002); Provincial Superior (2002-2010); Director of the Daughters of
Charity of St Vincent de Paul in Los Altos, California (2003-2015); Pastor of
the Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Anchorage, Alaska (2014-2017); and
Superior of the International Missions in Alaska (2015-2017).
Pope Francis appointed him the Bishop of Juneau, Alaska in
July 2017. He was consecrated Bishop on 10 October that same year. On June
7th, 2019 the Pope Francis appointed Bishop Bellisario as Apostolic
Administrator of the Anchorage Archdiocese.
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