WASHINGTON (DC)
Catholic Standard
MARK ZIMMERMANN, Editor
Friday, March 20, 2015
Pope Francis on March 20 named Father Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodriguez, 54, as auxiliary bishop of Washington, to assist Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl in the pastoral care of the 620,000-member archdiocese.
Bishop-elect Dorsonville serves as vice president of missions for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington and as director of the Spanish Catholic Center. Catholic Charities is the social ministry outreach arm of the Archdiocese of Washington and the Spanish Catholic Center offers medical and dental care, job training programs, English classes, a food pantry and case management services to immigrants from around the world.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Bishop-elect Dorsonville was ordained in 1985 as a priest of the Archdiocese of Bogotá. He was incardinated as a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington in 1999.
The Archdiocese of Washington in a press release said that Cardinal Wuerl would introduce Bishop-elect Dorsonville to the media at a press conference that morning. His appointment was publicized in Washington that morning by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganó, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
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