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The Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops has undertaken an apostolic visitation to the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, whose Bishop Joseph Strickland has been in recent weeks the subject of controversy in the Church.
Several sources in the Tyler diocese confirmed the visitation to The Pillar on Saturday, after rumors surfaced on social media, and the visitation was reported on the Church Militant website.
An apostolic visitation is an official review of diocesan leadership and governance, usually convened at the behest of a Vatican congregation.
One priest interviewed said the visitation’s questions focused on Strickland’s administrative leadership in the diocese, rather than on his outsized social media personality.
“It was not even primarily about his ‘rants’ about Pope Francis,” said the priest, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record.
“The questions really focused on years of governance issues, which have had us priests concerned. We had two finance officers removed before their five year terms were expired, and that’s not typical at all.”
Strickland, 64, has been Bishop of Tyler since 2012; he was before that a priest of the same diocese.
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Several sources in the Tyler diocese confirmed the visitation to The Pillar on Saturday, after rumors surfaced on social media, and the visitation was reported on the Church Militant website.
An apostolic visitation is an official review of diocesan leadership and governance, usually convened at the behest of a Vatican congregation.
One priest interviewed said the visitation’s questions focused on Strickland’s administrative leadership in the diocese, rather than on his outsized social media personality.
“It was not even primarily about his ‘rants’ about Pope Francis,” said the priest, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record.
“The questions really focused on years of governance issues, which have had us priests concerned. We had two finance officers removed before their five year terms were expired, and that’s not typical at all.”
Strickland, 64, has been Bishop of Tyler since 2012; he was before that a priest of the same diocese.
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Apostolic visitation completed in Tyler diocese
A Vatican-ordered investigation of Bishop Joseph Strickland was conducted this month; the outcome remains undetermined
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