Archbishop-elect Nelson Perez speaks during a news conference, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center in Philadelphia. Perez, the bishop of Cleveland, was introduced as the new leader of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, making him the first Hispanic archbishop to lead the region's 1.3 million-member flock.
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Archbishop-elect Nelson Perez speaks during a news conference, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center in Philadelphia. Perez, the bishop of Cleveland, was introduced as the new leader of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, making him the first Hispanic archbishop to lead the region's 1.3 million-member flock.
(Philadelphia) — The 1.3 million Roman Catholic parishioners of the archdiocese of Philadelphia have a new spiritual leader.
Fifty-eight-year-old Nelson Perez, who spent most of his early pastoral career in the Philadelphia area, assumed the post of archbishop in a ceremony Tuesday at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.
Perez, the former bishop of Cleveland, is the first Hispanic archbishop to lead the five-county diocese.
He is the 14th Roman Catholic bishop and 10th archbishop of Philadelphia.
He succeeds Archbishop Charles Chaput, who stepped down after turning 75 last year, the traditional retirement age for Catholic bishops.
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