Bishop Steib of Memphis resigns

Published August 25, 2016

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop J. Terry Steib of Memphis and has appointed as his successor Auxiliary Bishop Martin D. Holley of Washington.

Bishop Steib has headed the Memphis Diocese since 1993. He is 76. Canon law requires all bishops to turn in their resignation to the pope at age 75. Bishop Holley, 61, has been a Washington auxiliary since 2004. The changes were announced Aug. 23 in Washington by Msgr. Walter Erbi, charge d’affaires of the Vatican nunciature.