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Glassport native Paul Bradley has been named Catholic Bishop of Kalamazoo, Mich.
The announcement was made Thursday by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
Bradley, who currently serves as an auxiliary bishop in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, will be formally installed in his new position June 5.
"We celebrate with the faithful of the Diocese of Kalamazoo, who will be blessed with Bishop Bradley's ministry," said Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik, who expressed regret in a prepared statement over the local diocese's loss of "an adviser, a leader, a spiritual mentor and a friend."
A former member of St. Cecilia Parish, Bradley, 63, is the son of John and Cecilia Bradley of Glassport and a graduate of St. Meinrad Seminary in Indiana and the University of Pittsburgh.
He was ordained a priest in 1971 by then-Bishop Vincent Leonard of Pittsburgh.
Bradley previously served as a parochial vicar and pastor at several Pittsburgh-area parishes and as general secretary and vicar general for the Pittsburgh diocese.
Following the appointment of former Pittsburgh Bishop Donald Wuerl as archbishop of Washington, D.C., Bradley was elected administrator of the Pittsburgh diocese. He served in that position until Zubik's arrival.
In a prepared statement, Bradley thanked his family and friends for their support and asked for their prayers.
"From the day of my birth, to the day of my ordination to the priesthood and then to the episcopate, I have been profoundly inspired and blessed by the depth of your faith," Bradley said.
The Kalamazoo diocese serves 46 parishes, 22 schools, and 102,000 Catholics in nine counties in southwest Michigan.
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