Edward J. Weisenburger has been named the next archbishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit, an area that includes more than 200 Roman Catholic parishes in six southeast Michigan counties. Pope Francis made the appointment of Weisenburger,

Pope Francis has named a new head of the Archdiocese of Detroit, a bishop from Arizona who was introduced to the community Tuesday at a Sacred Heart Major Seminary news conference and joked about the contrast in the weather.

Most recently, he was the Bishop of Tucson, Arizona. There, he made headlines in 2018 when he suggested “canonical penalties” for Catholics who were involved in separating immigrant families at the US-Mexico border.