Diocese of Wilmington to livestream bishop’s ordination July 13

The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington has announced that the ordination and installation of Bishop-elect William E. Koenig as the 10th Bishop of Wilmington at 1:45 p.m., Tuesday, July 13,  will be livestreamed from St. Elizabeth Church in Wilmington, on the diocesan YouTube channel.

It also will be carried live on the Catholic Faith Network serving New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The mass will also be available on-demand via CFN on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android or the free CFN app. CFN will also be encoring the mass at 8 p.m., July 13. Viewers throughout the United States and Canada can watch a delayed broadcast of the Mass on EWTN: Global Catholic Network, at 3 p.m., Thursday, July 15.

Pope Francis named the Rev. Monsignor William Edward Koenig, vicar for clergy for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, N.Y., as the 10th Bishop of Wilmington April 30. The announcement of the appointment was made by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Koenig follows the Most Rev. W. Francis Malooly, who has served as bishop of the Catholic community of Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore since 2008.

Koenig will be ordained to the Order of Bishop by Archbishop William Lori, Metropolitan Archbishop of Baltimore. It will only be the second time in history that an ordination of this type has taken place within the diocese. The first was Bishop John J. Monaghan’s episcopal consecration by Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore on May 9, 1897, at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Wilmington. All other Wilmington bishops were ordained to the order outside of Delaware or Maryland’s Eastern Shore prior to being installed as Bishop of Wilmington.

In addition to Archbishops Lori and Pierre and Bishop Malooly, about 20 Catholic bishops are expected to attend, including two cardinals.

For more information about Koenig, Malooly, and how bishops are selected, go to cdow.org/NewBishop.