At 6 a.m. on Saturday morning in Washington, D.C., Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States, named Bronx priest Monsignor John Jenik a bishop on behalf of Pope Francis.
The 70 year old Bishop-designate Jenik, who has served his entire priesthood in the Bronx, told Catholic NY “I never thought it would happen. From my experience, maybe I have something to offer, from all that time in the Bronx.”
Jenik serves as pastor and was formerly parochial vicar at Our Lady of Refuge parish in the Bronx as regional vicar for the Northwest Bronx since 2006. He formerly served at St. Thomas Aquinas from 1974-1978 and St. Jerome’s from 1970-1974.
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