Timeline of Bishop Vann's tenure in Fort Worth

Departing Catholic Bishop Vann was an asset to the broader North Texas community

If it was true, as some critics said back when, that Roman Catholic Bishop Kevin Vann was too timid in dealing with difficult issues, that won't be his legacy when he leaves the Diocese of Fort Worth in December.

Bishop Vann leaving Fort Worth to take over fastest growing diocese in nation

In December, Kevin Vann will become the bishop of Orange, Calif.

At 'All Schools Liturgy,' Catholic students unite in spirit

Dressed in a white gown, Sara Steves, an eighth-grader at Holy Trinity Catholic School in Grapevine, was the only girl in a group of altar servers preparing to lead a procession of clergy and the region's top Catholic bishop.

Fort Worth Catholic bishop moving to California diocese

Kevin Vann, who led the diocese through a tumultuous period of gut-wrenching exposure of clergy child sex abuse, begins his new job in December.

Does Diocese of Fort Worth bishop hear what the nuns are saying?

Bishop Kevin Vann probably does listen to the nuns -- it is good human resource policy, but he does not hear them? (See: "Catholic Church values its nuns," Tuesday) If he really heard them, he would take a courageous stand and speak ou...

A new Fort Worth bishop may be delayed by pope's resignation

Bishop Kevin Farrell of the Dallas Diocese took to Twitter to urge all Catholics in the diocese "to please pray for the Pope today." The Fort Worth diocese does not have a bishop and Pope Benedict's surprise resignation may delay ...

Barred volunteer's lawsuit claims defamation by Catholic Diocese

Joseph Jordan spent more than 20 years volunteering to chaperone children on ski trips and pilgrimages to see the pope whenever he visited the United States.

6 former Episcopal clergymen are ordained in Catholic Church

Under a huge dome with images of winged angels, six former Fort Worth-area Episcopal clergymen -- including a father and son -- lay facedown at a marble altar Saturday and were ordained as priests in the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope Benedict XVI's 'I quit' heard around the world

The surprise resignation of Pope Benedict XVI as shepherd of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics was an extraordinary event both for the church and for a world that continues to see this spiritual leader also as an influential voice on broader issues.