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Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix, 75, and named as his successor Auxiliary Bishop John P. Dolan of San Diego.

Arizona's Catholic bishops and other Catholic opponents of the death penalty spoke out against the June 8 execution of Frank Atwood, just as they did for the May 11 execution of Clarence Dixon, another Arizona death-row prisoner.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix has a new bishop.

Four men who made the ultimate commitment to serve God are now among those leading the faithful in their pursuit of the Lord as Catholic priests in the Diocese of Phoenix.

Yvette Reynoso-Barnes remembers the day she went out to her car and googled Sacred Heart images. She was 40 years old and pregnant with her seventh child. A day earlier, she and her husband and children had crowded into the doctor’s office to see the much-anticipated baby’s ultrasound image.

With Friday’s announcement that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, 75, and appointed Diocese of San Diego Auxiliary Bishop James P. Dolan to lead the Diocese of Phoenix, diocesan officials and laity began preparing for a new shepherd

By Kirstin Bublitz, The Catholic Sun Sr. Anthony Mary Diago, RSM, director of the Office of Consecrated Life, recalled the moment her college roommate announced...

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted and Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares held a prayer service in Thanksgiving for racial healing and reconciliation Tuesday afternoon in the Virginia G. Piper Chapel at the Diocesan Pastoral Center in downtown Phoenix.

Situated across the street from St. Gregory Parish and just a mile away from Phoenix College stands a house where fraternity is a mainstay. But there are no Greek letters adorning the outside of the building.

Bishop Olmsted delivered an important message during his homily at San Francisco de Asis Parish (SFdA) in Flagstaff, “[Jesus] chooses us.”