Pope Francis on Monday appointed Bishop Michael McGovern of Belleville, Illinois, to lead the Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska.
McGovern, who has served most of his priesthood in Chicago, will be installed as Archbishop of Omaha in the Cathedral of St. Cecilia on May 7. He will be replacing Archbishop George Lucas, whose resignation was accepted by Francis when he turned 75 in June 2024, as is customary.
The Chicago native was among the 68 bishops who implored the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in a 2021 letter not to discuss prohibiting pro-abortion self-identified Catholics in public life from receiving Holy Communion.
The letter urged “that all Conference wide discussion and committee work on the topic of Eucharistic worthiness … be postponed until the full body of bishops is able to meet in person.” The bishops cited a need for “substantial unity” on the issue, and suggested that a “high standard of consensus” among the American bishops was “far from being achieved” at the moment.
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