Pope Leo XIV appoints former undocumented migrant from El Salvador as bishop in the US

Pope Leo XIV on Friday appointed a former undocumented migrant from El Salvador in the United States as bishop in West Virginia. The Vatican said in a statement that Evelio Menjivar-Ayala (56), the current auxiliary bishop in Washington DC, has been appointed bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in West Virginia. Menjivar-Ayala immigrated to the United States in 1990. According to the American newspaper The Washington Post, this happened in the trunk of a car. Follow all developments in our live blog.

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