A new Roman Catholic Archbishop of Regina has been appointed.

Bishop Don Bolen of Saskatoon, as announced by Pope Francis, will be the city’s next Roman Catholic Archbishop.

Bolen has experience working in the Vatican, and was previously awarded the Cross of St. Augustine by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2008.

The Diocese of Qu'Appelle covers the southern third of the civil province of Saskatchewan, and encompasses approximately half of the Saskatchewan population.