The Archdiocese of Boston is scheduled to announce a leadership change Monday morning, a according to source within the archdiocese Sunday.

At 10 a.m., the archdiocese will hold a press conference to announce a change in leadership, the source said.

Several media outlets citing unnamed sources reported that Pope Francis intends to replace Cardinal Sean O’Malley and name Providence Bishop Richard Henning as the Archbishop of Boston. The appointment news was first reported by Catholic writer Rocco Palmo on X, formerly Twitter.

The archdiocese did not confirm the reports Sunday.

O’Malley, 80, was appointed the Archbishop of Boston in 2003 by Pope John Paul II, succeeding Cardinal Bernard Law after he resigned amid the fallout of the clergy sex abuse scandal. The Archbishop was appointed a cardinal in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI.

O’Malley is the ninth bishop and sixth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston, which was created in 1808.

The Ohio-native served as Bishop of Fall River for a decade and briefly as Bishop of Palm Beach before coming to Boston.

During his time as a cardinal, O’Malley was brought into the Council of Cardinal Advisers by Pope Francis after it was formed to help govern and reform the Catholic Church in 2013 and Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors in 2014. He served as president of the Commission from 2014 until 2024, when he reached the age for mandatory retirement from the post.

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O’Malley offered his resignation when he turned 75 in 2019, which is requested of cardinals by the church, but was asked to stay on longer. Cardinals lose their right to vote in a conclave at age 80.

His reported successor Henning, 59, has served as the Bishop of Providence for just over a year, having succeeded Bishop Thomas Tobin after his retirement in May 2023. Henning, originally from New York, was previously appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Providence in 2022 by Pope Francis.