Denver gets auxiliary bishop

A press conference is set for 9 a.m. today to announce that Msgr. James D. Conley of Diocese of Wichita, Kan., has been named an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Denver. Archbishop Chaput will ordain Msgr. Conley at 1:30 p.m. May 30 (Friday) at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Denver.

A special Web page dedicated to this news will be launched at the archdiocese's Web site after this morning's press conference.

[UPDATE: The special Web site is up and can be accessed here.]