Bishop Shelton Joseph Fabre, a native of Louisiana, has been named the 10th Bishop and fifth Archbishop of Louisville. He was appointed by Pope Francis on Feb. 8.

He was appointed a bishop by now-retired Pope Benedict XVI. ​​He currently serves on the board of Catholic Relief Services and as the chair of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism. He led the writing of the U.S. Bishops’ most recent pastoral letter on racism, “Open Wide Our Hearts — The Enduring Call to Love,” which was approved and published in 2018.

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