The U.P.'s Catholic Church leader, Bishop Alexander Sample, will be leaving for a new post--with the new title Archbishop--in Portland, Oregon.
Excerpt: Pope Benedict XVI has named Bishop Alexander K. Sample of Marquette, Mich., to shepherd the archdiocese of Portland, Ore.
In a Jan. 29 statement, Archbishop-designate Sample noted his “excitement and joy at taking up this new challenge that God has placed before me.”
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Source: Catholic News Agency
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