Bishop Steven J. Maekawa, a Dominican, was ordained and installed as the seventh bishop of Fairbanks, a diocese that covers over 409,000 square miles of Alaska’s northern region.
Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska, celebrates ordination, installation of new bishop
Vatican says bishop ordained in China is in communion with pope
The Vatican confirmed that a bishop recently ordained in China is in full communion with the pope and that more Vatican-approved nominations would be coming.