Thursday, December 15, 2005

Bishop Niederauer Appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco

VATICAN CITY, DEC 15, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father:

- Appointed Bishop George Hugh Niederauer, bishop of Salt Lake City, as metropolitan archbishop of San Francisco (area 2,620, population 1,744,050, Catholics 425,210, priests 425, permanent deacons 62, religious 1,004), U.S.A. The archbishop-elect was born in Los Angeles, U.S.A. in 1936, he was ordained a priest in 1962 and consecrated a bishop in 1995.

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