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Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila to submit request for retirement next week as he turns 75

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DENVER — Denver Archbishop Samuel Aquila, who has presided over the city’s Catholic archdiocese for the past 13 years, will submit his canonically mandated request to retire to Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday, his 75th birthday.

It is a requirement of the church that Catholic bishops and archbishops submit their resignation to the pope when they ...Read more