The new leader of the Roman Catholic Church diocese in San Diego has been named.
Robert W. McElroy, an auxiliary bishop in San Francisco, has been named the new bishop for San Diego, according to a release on the Archdiocese of San Francisco's site.
Archbishop of San Francisco Salvatore J. Cordileone congratulated McElroy in the release.
"Bishop McElroy is exemplary in his outreach to many groups and communities in the Archdiocese and we are all grateful for his wise advice and guidance to people and parishes in the Archdiocese," Cardileone said. "We pray for God’s blessing upon Bishop McElroy as he assumes pastoral leadership of the priests and priestly people of San Diego and Imperial County."
McElroy was born in San Francisco in 1954 and was raised in San Mateo County, according to a biography on the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Prior to his appointment as auxiliary bishop, McElroy spent 14 years as the pastor of St. Gregory Parish.
The announcement will be made in San Diego at a news conference at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
McElroy will succeed Bishop Cirilo Flores and will be installed on April 15. Flores died Sept. 6 after suffering from a series of medical ailment at the age of 65. Msgr. Steven Callahan took over for Flores on an interim basis.
