Priests born in Mexico, Poland named auxiliary bishops in Chicago

Submitted on June 16, 2011

By Catholic News Service

Father Edward Upton, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Chicago, left, talked with the Bishop-designates Alberto Rojas, center, and Andrew P. Wypych following a June 13 press conference in Chicago. Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago announced the two had been named auxiliary bishops in the Archdiocese of Chicago by Pope Benedict XVI.

CNS/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World

WASHINGTON — Two Chicago pastors — one born in Mexico, the other in Poland — have been named auxiliary bishops in the Archdiocese of Chicago by Pope Benedict XVI. The appointments of Father Alberto Rojas, pastor of Good Shepherd Parish, and Father Andrew Wypych, pastor of St. Francis Borgia Parish, were announced in Washington June 13 by Msgr. Jean-Francois Lantheaume, charge d'affaires at the apostolic nunciature. Bishop-designate Rojas, a 46-year-old native of Mexico, will become the 27th active Hispanic bishop in the United States.