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POPE APPOINTS SALT LAKE CITY BISHOP GEORGE H. NIEDERAUER AS NEW ARCHBISHOP OF SAN FRANCISCO

Today Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop George Hugh Niederauer, bishop of Salt Lake City, as metropolitan archbishop of San Francisco.

His installment as Archbishop will take place in San Francisco's Cathedral of Saint Mary on Wednesday, February 15, 2006. Bishop Niederauer remains an administrator in Salt Lake City until his California installation.

With all other Catholics of goodwill, I wish the Archbishop-elect all possible blessings in his new position . . . I'm sure he's prayed a lot about it, we laity (and the saints in heaven) will pray some more for him . . .