BISHOP-DESIGNATE JACQUES E. FABRE

‘Great Missionary’ With Ties to Brooklyn Named Bishop

Standing behind the podium as the second ever Haitian American to be appointed a bishop in the United States, Bishop-designate Jacques Fabre highlighted how the mindset of people in his native country differs from that of Americans, and how that relates to his new role.

BISHOP-DESIGNATE JACQUES E. FABRE

Former Brooklyn Priest Appointed Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone of Charleston, South Carolina, and named as his successor Scalabrinian Father Jacques E. Fabre, currently administrator of San Felipe de Jesus Catholic Mission in Forest Park, Georgia, in the Atlanta Archdiocese.