Pro-immigrant pastor named bishop of Florida diocese home to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate

The Guardian - World NewsCenter-LeftEN 3 min read 100% complete by Associated PressDecember 19, 2025 at 09:58 PM

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Pope Leo XIV appointed Reverend Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, a pro-immigrant pastor from Queens, New York, as the new bishop of Palm Beach, Florida. Rodríguez currently leads a predominantly Hispanic congregation of 17,000 at Our Lady of Sorrows church. The Palm Beach diocese, comprising approximately 260,000 Catholics across 54 parishes, is notably home to Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Rodríguez, originally from the Dominican Republic, has been a vocal advocate for migrants and has previously expressed concerns regarding Trump's immigration policies. He aims to assist the president and church in improving immigration policies. He will be ordained and installed at a future mass at the Cathedral of St Ignatius Loyola.

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