(This article originally appeared in the TAU-USA Summer 2024 Digital Issue #112)
CONGRATULATIONS
BISHOP JAMES RUGGIERI, OFS
Bishop Ruggieri, who was previously a pastor in Providence, Rhode Island, was ordained a bishop on May 7, 2024, soon after being professed into our Order on April 13, 2024. He has been assigned to the Diocese of Portland which encompasses all of Maine.
This is a link to an article written about Fr. James Ruggieri‘s food truck: https://www.wpri.com/news/street-stories/bishop-elects-beloved-food-truck-leaves-lasting-legacy-in-ri/
To read the article about Bishop Ruggieri’s ordination, go to:
https://portlanddiocese.org/bishop-ruggieri-ordained
Cardinal Sean O’Malley and Bishop James Ruggieri during Ruggieri’s ordination Mass in Portland, Maine, on May 7, 2024.
Credit: McKenney Photography
We r blessed to have Most Rev.Bishop James T.R. as the 13th Bishop of Diocese of Portland Maine..especially his humility as a III Order Franciscan(o.f.s.)..may we all pray&work together to eradicate homelessness in Maine..and may many return to the Sacraments under his shepherding..peace of Jesus..thru Mary’s Immaculate ♥ and st Joseph