Pope Leo XIV has replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan as leader of the Catholic Church in New York, the Vatican announced, sidelining a prominent US Church figure in a major shake-up of the country's Catholic leadership.

From St. Patrick’s Cathedral to the White House to Fox News, he comfortably inhabited many spheres of influence.

Illinois-born Hicks, a supporter of Pope Francis’ reforms and advocate for the Latino community, takes over amid financial and abuse-related challenges in the nation’s second-largest Catholic diocese.

Bishop Ronald Hicks will take over as ‍leader of ​the US' second-largest Catholic diocese. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

VATICAN CITY >> Pope Leo replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan as leader of the Catholic Church in New York, the Vatican announced today, sidelining a prominent U.S. Church figure in a major shake-up of the country’s Catholic leadership.

Dolan’s humility, humor and deeply human love for others have long marked him as a singular force in the Catholic Church.