Vatican names new Louisville archbishop, who has history of fighting 'grave sin of racism'
Source: Louisville Courier Journal
Vatican names new Louisville archbishop, who has history of fighting 'grave sin of racism'
Matthew Glowicki and Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal
Tue, February 8, 2022, 3:06 PM
The next leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville will be the Rev. Shelton Fabre, an advocate for voting rights and a leader in the church's effort to erase racism.
Fabre, the current bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in southeastern Louisiana, was announced as the new head of the Louisville archdiocese — Kentucky's largest Catholic community — on Tuesday by the Holy See Press Office in Rome.
Fabre, 58, is chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, which was formed in 2017. He became chairman the following year, and in that role called for systemic change after the 2020 killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville.
At a press conference Tuesday morning attended by outgoing Archbishop Joseph Kurtz and other bishops from the region, he said he will bring "a heart that is willing to listen" and a "message of joyful hope."
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