The Vatican announced today that Archbishop Timothy Paul Broglio has been selected to be the Archbishop of United States Military Services, taking the place of Archbishop Edwin Frederick O’Brien who was named Archbishop of Baltimore in July 2007.

Archbishop Broglio was born in 1951, and was ordained in 1977 to the Diocese of Cleveland.  After serving there for two years, he returned to Rome to continue his studies at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. 

Currently, Archbishop Broglio serves as Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic as well as the Papal Delegate to Puerto Rico.