BISHOP RAICA SUCCEEDS BISHOP EMERITUS ROBERT J. BAKER, WHO SERVED THE DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM SINCE OCTOBER OF 2007. 
BISHOP RAICA WAS BORN NOV. 8, 1952, ORDAINED A PRIEST OCT. 14, 1978, NAMED AS AN HONORARY PRELATE OF HIS HOLINESS IN 1998, ORDAINED AND INSTALLED AS BISHOP OF GAYLORD, MICHIGAN AUG. 28, 2014, AND APPOINTED BISHOP OF BIRMINGHAM MARCH 25, 2020.