The Holy Father has announced the appointment of Rev. Oscar Cantú, from Holy Name Parish in the Archdiocese of Galveston Houston, as Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio. Cantú's ordination is set for June 2 in San Antonio. We welcome Bishop-Elect Cantú to the TCC!

He will be ordained a bishop in San Antonio on June 2 by Archbishop José H. Gomez. At 41, Bishop-elect Cantú will be the youngest bishop in the United States. Born and raised in Houston, TX, Bishop-elect Cantú is a product of Houston’s Catholic Schools and was ordained a priest in May of 1994. Since his ordination, he served in a number of parishes in the Houston metropolitan area. He currently is the pastor of Holy Name Parish in Houston, which was his childhood parish. He has also taught at the University of St. Thomas School of Theology and the University of St. Thomas at St. Mary’s Seminary.

 "It is a great honor and responsibility for Bishop-elect Cantú,” Daniel Cardinal DiNardo expressed, "and it is a great joy for this local Church that one of our own priests has been elevated to the Office of Bishop. Fr. Cantú’s gifts, his loyalty and service to the Church, and his wise and compassionate pastoral care have shown him to be a priest of great maturity.”

While appointing Bishop Cantú San Antonio’s auxiliary bishop, Pope Benedict also named him Titular Bishop of Dardano. A titular bishop is a title given to a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese or archdiocese. These dioceses no longer exist, but centuries ago might have fallen into the hands of conquerors or were absorbed into larger dioceses. These appointments serve to memorialize these dioceses.