TENNESSEE
Catholic Standard – Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
By Mark Zimmermann
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Pope Francis has appointed Washington Auxiliary Bishop Martin D. Holley to become the new bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, and the pope has accepted the resignation of Memphis Bishop J. Terry Steib, 76, from pastoral governance of the diocese. The Vatican announced the appointment on Aug. 23.
“I am deeply humbled in my appointment as the fifth bishop of Memphis by His Holiness, Pope Frances and I thank him for expressing his confidence in me through this new assignment at this time in my life,” Bishop Holley said after his appointment was announced.
He will be installed as the bishop of Memphis at the Cook Convention Center on Oct. 19 at 2 p.m.
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