The Diocese of Venice installed the Most Rev. Emilio Biosca Agüero as bishop on July 11, marking the first change in leadership in nearly 20 years.
Hundreds of Catholics attended St. John XXIII Catholic Church for the Episcopal Ordination, a ceremony in which a priest becomes a bishop.
Biosca, a Capuchin Franciscan priest appointed by Pope Leo XIV in May, succeeds Bishop Frank J. Dewane, who retired. Bishops are required to submit their resignation to the pope at age 75…