From the Holy See Bulletin:
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, United States of America, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo.
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Joe Steve Vásquez as metropolitan archbishop of Galveston-Houston, United States of America, transferring him from the diocese of Austin, United States of America.
Curriculum vitae
Archbishop-elect Joe Steve Vásquez was born on 19 July 1957 in Stamford, Texas, in the diocese of San Angelo. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Saint Mary’s Seminary in Houston, and a licentiate in theology form the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
He was ordained a priest on 30 June 1984 for the diocese of San Angelo.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Saint Joseph in Odessa (1985-1987), parish priest of Saint Joseph in Fort Stockton (1987-1997) and of Saint Joseph in San Angelo (1997-2002).
He was appointed titular bishop of Cova and auxiliary of Galveston-Houston on 30 November 2001, and received episcopal ordination on 23 January 2002. On 26 January 2010 he was appointed bishop of Austin and, since 11 November 2023, he has also served as apostolic administrator sede vacante of the diocese of Tyler.
You can read more about the new archbishop here.
The Pillar has more context, noting:
The appointment of Vasquez to Galveston-Houstion is the most recent in a long list of archepiscopal appointments due for the Church in the United States.
Earlier this month, Pope Franics named Cardinal Robert McElroy, erstwhile Bishop of San Diego, to succeed Cardinal Wilton Gregory as Archbishop of Washington. In August last year, then-Bishop Richard Henning was named to replace Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston.
Currently, the archbishops of Detroit, Cincinnati, Mobile, Omaha, Kansas City in Kansas, New Orleans, and Chicago are all past the nominal retirement age of 75 established in canon law.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York turns 75 in February, and will be joined by the archbishops of Denver, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, and Miami later this year.
I had the opportunity to meet Bishop Vasquez when I spoke at the deacon convocation in Austin in 2023.
