Nelson Perez Named 10th Archbishop Of Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is welcoming a new leader Thursday morning. The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has officially announced Bishop Nelson Perez, of the Diocese of Cleveland, will succeed Archbishop Charles Chaput as the leader of the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
A press conference has been scheduled for 10 a.m. at Philadelphia Archdiocesan headquarters in Center City.
Perez was pastor of a handful of parishes and was very well regarded. He was stationed at Saint Agnes Parish in West Chester and Saint William, in the Lawndale section of Northeast Philadelphia, among other places.
Perez attended and graduated from Saint Charles Seminary. Sources say there hasn't ever been a local Philly priest to rise to the position of Philadelphia Archbishop. They've always been assigned from elsewhere.
Catholic Church blogger and Philadelphia native Rocco Palmo was the first to report the development on his blog.
