{"id":603664,"date":"2026-04-24T13:22:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/603664\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:22:41","slug":"photo-gallery-celebration-honoring-bishop-jerome-feudjio-of-the-u-s-virgin-islands-first-african-born-bishop-serving-in-the-united-statesserving-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/603664\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Gallery: Celebration honoring Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the U.S. Virgin Islands, first African-born bishop serving in the United StatesServing in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy offers congratulations to Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands at a reception on April 17, 2026 following a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville, Maryland, that commemorated the bishop\u2019s 70th birthday and his fifth anniversary leading the diocese. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)<\/p>\n

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Members of the Holy Trinity Choir of the Cameroonian Catholic community at Resurrection Parish in Burtonsville, Maryland, sing during a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville on April 17, 2026 that commemorated the 70th birthday of Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and his fifth anniversary leading that diocese. Bishop Feudjio is a native of Cameroon, one of the African nations that Pope Leo XVI visited that week. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)<\/p>\n


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Members of the Holy Trinity Choir of the Cameroonian Catholic community at Resurrection Parish in Burtonsville, Maryland, sing during a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville on April 17, 2026 that commemorated the 70th birthday of Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and his fifth anniversary leading that diocese. Bishop Feudjio is a native of Cameroon, one of the African nations that Pope Leo XVI visited that week. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)<\/p>\n


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Women wearing traditional African dress process to the sanctuary during a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville, Maryland, on April 17, 2026 that commemorated the 70th birthday of Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and his fifth anniversary leading that diocese. They presented the lectionary to the bishop, who held it aloft. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)<\/p>\n


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Father Valery Akoh, the pastor of St. Matthew Parish in Tyrone, Georgia, gives the homily during a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville, Maryland, on April 17, 2026 that commemorated the 70th birthday of Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and his fifth anniversary leading that diocese. Like Bishop Feudjio, Father Akoh is a native of the African nation of Cameroon. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)<\/p>\n


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People wear traditional African dress during a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville, Maryland, on April 17, 2026 that commemorated the 70th birthday of Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and his fifth anniversary leading that diocese. Bishop Feudjio is a native of the African nation of Cameroon, which Pope Leo XIV visited that week. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)<\/p>\n


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People wear traditional African dress during a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville, Maryland, on April 17, 2026 that commemorated the 70th birthday of Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and his fifth anniversary leading that diocese. Bishop Feudjio is a native of the African nation of Cameroon, which Pope Leo XIV visited that week. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)<\/p>\n


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Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands incenses the altar during a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville, Maryland, on April 17, 2026 that commemorated the bishop\u2019s 70th birthday and his fifth anniversary leading that diocese. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)<\/p>\n


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Bishop Jerome Feudjio (at center) of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands celebrates a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville, Maryland, on April 17, 2026 that commemorated the bishop\u2019s 70th birthday and his fifth anniversary leading that diocese. At left are Cardinal Se\u00e1n O’Malley, OFM Cap., the archbishop emeritus of Boston; and Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy. At right are Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the outgoing apostolic nuncio of the United States; and Cardinal Wilton Gregory, an archbishop emeritus of Washington. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)<\/p>\n


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A woman receives Communion from Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands during a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville, Maryland, on April 17, 2026 that commemorated the bishop\u2019s 70th birthday and his fifth anniversary leading that diocese. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)<\/p>\n


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Father Maurice Akwa, a parochial vicar at St. Lawrence Parish in Alexandria, Virginia, speaks during a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville, Maryland, on April 17, 2026 that commemorated the 70th birthday of Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and his fifth anniversary leading that diocese. Like Bishop Feudjio, Father Akwa is a native of the African nation of Cameroon. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)<\/p>\n


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Cardinal Se\u00e1n O’Malley, OFM Cap., the archbishop emeritus of Boston, speaks during a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville, Maryland, on April 17, 2026 that commemorated the 70th birthday of Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and his fifth anniversary leading that diocese. Cardinal O\u2019Malley led the Diocese of St. Thomas from 1985 to 1992. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)<\/p>\n


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Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands speaks during a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville, Maryland, on April 17, 2026 that commemorated the bishop\u2019s 70th birthday and his fifth anniversary leading that diocese. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)<\/p>\n


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Women pray during a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville, Maryland, on April 17, 2026 that commemorated the 70th birthday of Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and his fifth anniversary leading that diocese. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)<\/p>\n


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Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands offers a blessing to people as he processes from the altar after celebrating a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville, Maryland, on April 17, 2026 that commemorated the bishop\u2019s 70th birthday and his fifth anniversary leading that diocese. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)<\/p>\n


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Bishop Jerome Feudjio of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands smiles and waves as he arrives at a reception on April 17, 2026 following a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Beltsville, Maryland, that commemorated the bishop\u2019s 70th birthday and his fifth anniversary leading the diocese. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)<\/p>\n


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