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Press Release: Bishop Solis Named Tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City (2017)
Press Release: Bishop Solis Named Tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, Utah – January 10, 2017
His Holiness, Pope Francis, has named Bishop Oscar Azarcon Solis the tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, Utah. A native of San Jose City, Philippines, Bishop Solis is presently an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Oscar Solis was born October 13, 1953 in San Jose, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. He attended Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytag City and was ordained a priest on April 28, 1979. He served in the Archdiocese of Manila and the Diocese of Cabanatuan. In 1984 he ministered in the United States Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey, and then in the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana.