SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The first Filipino-American bishop ordained in the United States is set to be installed as the leader of Salt Lake City’s Catholic diocese.
The official installation for the 63-year-old Bishop Oscar Azarcon Solis is scheduled for Tuesday at the Cathedral of the Madeleine.
Solis will replace John C. Wester, who was appointed archbishop in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2015.
The Salt Lake Tribune (http://bit.ly/2lwB1bb ) reports Solis can move seamlessly from English to Spanish to Tagalog. He was born in San Jose City in the Philippines and also served in New Jersey and Louisiana before becoming an auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles.
The Rev. Alex Aclan is vicar for clergy at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He says Solis is a “major ingredient in the glue that has bonded the Filipino priests together.”
