Pope Names New Bishop to Lead Diocese of Providence

Pope Names New Bishop to Lead Diocese of Providence

The Diocese of Providence has a new leader.

 

Pope Francis has appointed Most Reverend Bruce Alan Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., as the tenth Bishop of Providence. Bishop Lewandowski is currently serving as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

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The appointment was  first announced in Washington, D.C. by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States.

 

Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori told the Catholic Review, “Although we shall all keenly miss the presence and ministry of Bishop Lewandowski in our midst, it must be said that Pope Francis could not have chosen a better bishop for the Diocese of Providence. Throughout his service here in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Bishop Lewandowski served the People of God with zeal, fidelity, and love.”

 

Bishop Lewandowski, 57, a Redemptorist priest originally from Ohio, first came to the archdiocese in December 2016 to serve as pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus/Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Parish in Highlandtown. Pope Francis named him as an auxiliary bishop of Baltimore in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, and he was ordained to the episcopate Aug. 18, 2020.

 

The diocese will host a press conference this morning, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 10 a.m. with Bishop Lewandowski in the lower level of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.

 

Following the press conference, Bishop Lewandowski will celebrate Holy Mass in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul at Noon.