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	Only Active Latino Archbishop Named to Lead L.A. Diocese By Michelle Boorstein Washington Post April 6, 2010 http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/undergod/2010/04/only_active_latino_archbishop_named_to_lead_la_archdiocese_-_the_largest.html The Vatican today appointed the Mexican-born Archbishop Jose Gomez to be the next archbishop of Los Angeles, the country's largest Catholic archdiocese. When he takes over in 2011 from the 74-year-old Cardinal Roger Mahony, Gomez will be the first new archbishop in Los Angeles in 25 years. He is currently the only active Latino archbishop in the country, making the appointment historic. Here's how Don Clemmer phrased it, blogging for the U.S. Conference of Catholic bishops: "It's hard to think of a more high-profile acknowledgment of this growing segment of the U.S. Church than having a Latino made bishop of our largest diocese." The Opus Dei priest, who became a U.S. citizen in 1995, became a bishop in 2001, in Denver. In 2004 he was named archbishop of San Antonio.
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