Source: Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Another result of this morning’s Pennsylvania double, Monsignor Michael Fitzgerald has become the newest Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The bishop-elect graduated from Temple University in 1970 and received his Juris Doctor from Villanova University School of Law in 1973. Fitzgerald graduated from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in 1980 with a Masters in Divinity.  He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on May 17, 1980.

Until this morning, Bishop-elect Fitzgerald has served as the Judicial Vicar for the Archdiocese, a position he was appointed to in 2007. Previously, Fitzgerald has served as Vice-Rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, a Judge on the Metropolitan Tribunal, and a member of the College of Consultors and Priests’ Personnel Board for the Philadelphia church. For a better look at Bishop-elect Fitzgerald, check out Rocco’s post. More to come after the 10 a.m. presser in Philly.