VATICAN CITY
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VATICAN CITY
Pope Benedict XVI named a new bishop to head the Diocese of Marquette, Mich., the Vatican said Tuesday.
The Rev. Alexander K. Sample, 45, a Montana native who was ordained in the Marquette Diocese, will replace Bishop James Henry Garland, who turned 74 on Tuesday.
Sample studied church law in a pontifical university in Rome.
Garland earlier this year apologized for harm done to two women who said that a longtime Marquette Diocese priest, who died in 2000, had abused them when they were children. Garland urged anyone with similar complaints to come forward.