(File Photo of Bishop David Zubik)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from Pope Leo XIV, Bishop David Zubik accepted a resignation at 6 a.m. this morning to resign from the position of the Bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Auxiliary Bishop Mark A. Eckman also got appointed as the new bishop at that same time. Zubik turned 75 in September, which is the mandatory age for retirement. Eckman will be installed as bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh on Monday, July 14th at a Mass in Oakland at Saint Paul Cathedral.