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VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV named a former undocumented migrant as bishop of West Virginia on Friday, weeks after a high-profile verbal confrontation with US President Donald Trump.
The US-born leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics has been highly critical of Trump over immigration and the Middle East war.
The Vatican in a statement announced the nomination of 56-year-old Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, currently an auxiliary bishop in Washington.
Born in El Salvador, Menjivar-Ayala migrated to the US in 1990, according to a biography on the Washington diocese website.
