The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Corpus Christi, United States of America, presented by Bishop William Michael Mulvey.
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Mario Alberto Avilés, C.O., until now titular bishop of Cataquas and auxiliary of Brownsville, as bishop of Corpus Christi, United States of America.
Curriculum vitae
Bishop Mario Alberto Avilés, C.O., was born on 16 September 1969 in Mexico City, in the metropolitan archdiocese of México. After attending the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City, he was awarded a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome, and a Master of Divinity at the Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut.
He was ordained a priest on 21 July 1998 for the Confederation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Saint Jude Thaddeus in Pharr (1998-2002), parish priest of Sacred Heart in Hidalgo (2002-2017), principal of the Oratory Academy and Oratory Athenaeum in Pharr (2005-2012), procurator general of the Confederation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri (2012-2018).
On 4 December 2017, he was appointed titular bishop of Cataquas and auxiliary bishop of Brownsville, receiving episcopal ordination on 22 February 2018.
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Deo Gratias!
In contrast to this very good news, here's another "fruit" of Vatican II:
: Chapel of the Ursulines in Québec City deconsecrated
On November 6th, 2025, a glorious history came to an end: the chapel of the Ursulines in the city of Quebec was deconsecrated.
The Ursulines first arrived in New France in 1639, founded by Saint Mary of the Incarnation, and their monastery became the first institution for the teaching of women in all of North America (north of New Spain).
They survived the bitter cold, famine, wars, the British conquest, the upheavals of the American Revolution, the two world wars in which Canada played so noble a part -- they survived everything, except Vatican II.
Vatican II, and the huge part it played in the secular "Silent Revolution" that destroyed the Catholic soul of French Canada. With Vatican II, the habits and veils went away, and emptiness triumphed.
Some remaining Ursulines will remain in the city, but their chapel became too big in recent decades, and was deconsecrated. Tragic beyond belief, especially considering that female orders that kept Tradition have thrived.
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