Outspoken Bishop of Charlotte Who Oversaw Growth of Latin Mass Retires Amid Crackdown From Rome, by Louis Knuffke

By Louis Knuffke, LifeSiteNews, April 10, 2024

Bishop Peter Jugis, known for his two-decade-long conservative leadership in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, is retiring at 67, citing health reasons.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (LifeSiteNews) — Outspokenly conservative Bishop Peter Jugis, of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, which had seen large growth in attendance at the Traditional Latin Mass and the opening of a new seminary, is retiring at the age of 67 after leading the diocese for 20 years. 

The outgoing bishop is set to be replaced by Franciscan Father Michael Martin, OFM Conv., of Atlanta. Martin, 62, is the present pastor of St. Philip Benizi Parish in Jonesboro, Georgia. 

Jugis had submitted a letter of resignation to Pope Francis last June, well before the normal episcopal age of retirement of 75, citing a chronic but non-life-threatening kidney condition, which he said made lengthy liturgies and travel throughout the expansive Diocese of Charlotte, which covers 46 counties, difficult for him to accomplish. Martin will be consecrated and installed as the diocese’s new bishop next month.  ….

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