Msgr Richard Stika Appointed Bishop of Knoxville

From Vatican Information Service:

VATICAN CITY, 12 JAN 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

Appointed Fr. Richard F. Stika of the clergy of the archdiocese of Saint Louis, U.S.A., pastor of the church of the Annunziata, as bishop of Knoxville (area 36,872, population 236,573, Catholics 56,068, priests 70, permanent deacons 25, religious 53), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Saint Louis in 1957 and ordained a priest in 1985.

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