Bishop-elect Edward M. Lohse, 61, will be installed in the Diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan, on July 25, 2023. / Diocese of KalamazooRome Newsroom, May 23, 2023 / 04:50 am (CNA).Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed Erie, Pennsylvania priest Monsignor Edward M. Lohse to lead the Diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan.Lohse, 61, succeeds Bishop Paul J. Bradley, 77, whose resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on May 23.Bradley will continue to serve as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Kalamazoo until Lohse s ordination in St. Augustine Cathedral on July 25, according to the diocese.The Diocese of Kalamazoo, which comprises nine counties in southwest Michigan, has 59 parishes, 21 Catholic schools, and almost 80,000 Catholics.Bishop-elect Lohse has been vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Diocese of Erie since 2017. During his 34 years as a Catholic priest, he has been a parish priest, high school chaplain, vocations director, chancellor, official in the Vatican s Dicast.
(WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com) — Pope Francis has named Erie’s Monsignor Edward Lohse to lead the Diocese of Kalamazoo in Michigan. During a Tuesday morning press conference, Monsignor Lohse was announced as the fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Kalamazoo. Bishop-elect Lohse is currently the Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia for the Diocese of Erie. The […]