Tulsa, Okla., May 13, 2016 / 09:19 am
Pope Francis on Friday named Father David Austin Konderla, the longtime campus ministry director at Texas A & M University, as the next Bishop of Tulsa.
He will succeed Tulsa's Bishop Edward Slattery, who turned 75 last August.
"My prayer of petition to God the Father is for the good health and spiritual strength of the new bishop," Bishop Slattery said May 13. "I know our people have been praying that Pope Francis would send us an energetic and prayerful man to be our shepherd, and I believe God has heard our prayer."
The bishop-designate has served as pastor and director of campus ministry at St. Mary's Catholic Center at Texas A & M University since August 2005, the Austin diocese said.