bishop of the Diocese of Richmond, a job Ireton would hold for ten years.When Brennan resigned in 1945, Ireton automatically succeeded him as bishop of Richmond.During his tenure as bishop, Ireton established 42 parishes, built 24 schools, and increased the Catholic population from 37,000 to 147,000. Ireton died in 1958 and Pius XI appointed Bishop John Russell from the Diocese of Charleston as his replacement.In implementing the Second Vatican Council reforms, Russell established a diocesan Commission on Ecumenical Affairs in 1963, and a diocesan Pastoral Council and a Council of Priests in 1966. A champion of civil rights, he had the parents of prospective students for Richmond's Catholic schools be interviewed for signs of racism. In 1970, Pope Paul VI named Reverend Walter Sullivan as auxiliary bishop in Richmond. When Russell resigned in 1973, the pope appointed Sullivan as the new bishop. On May 28, 1974, Paul VI established the current boundaries of the Diocese of Richmond by:. Transferring the two Eastern Shore counties, ceded to the Diocese of Wilmington in 1868, back to the Diocese of Richmond Erecting the new Diocese of Arlington, taking Northern Virginia from the Diocese of Richmond Realigning the boundary between the Dioceses of Richmond and Wheeling to match the Virginia-West Virginia state line In 1977, Sullivan established a joint Catholic and Episcopalian parish, Holy Apostles in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The church had separate altars for the two denominations. That same year, he established the diocesan Commission on Sexual Minorities to reach out to LGBT Catholics. 2000 to present In 2003, after 33 years as bishop, Sullivan retired. Pope John Paul II named Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo of the Diocese of Honolulu as his replacement in 2004. Upon his installation, DiLorenzo reactivated the diocese's liturgical commission to assert control over any statements or documents produced by clergy within the diocese. DiLorenzo forcibly retired Reverend Thomas J. Quinlan, pastor of Holy Family Catholic Church in Virginia Beach for a history of using offensive language during mass. It culminated with what DiLorenzo termed a sacrilegious reference to Mary, mother of Jesus, at a Christmas Eve Mass. DiLorenzo moved his residence from Cathedral Place in Richmond to Midlothian, Virginia. Some Catholics raised questions about the move and see it as a way to distance himself from his flock. But DiLorenzo responded that he is only 25 minutes away from the diocesan offices and that the move saved the