By Associated Press carried in the Star-Ledger
June 4, 2010
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/06/pope_benedict_names_new_bishop.html
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| Pope Benedict XVI |
Pope Benedict XVI has named the president of Catholic University in Washington to become the next bishop here.
Father David O'Connell will serve as coadjutor of the central New Jersey diocese until the pope accepts the resignation of Bishop John Smith. Smith must submit his resignation when he turns 75 on June 23. It isn't known when the pope will accept the resignation.
O'Connell is 55. The bishop-elect is a priest of the Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission, which is also known as the Vincentians.
Smith was born in Orange and became Trenton's bishop in July 1997.
The Trenton Diocese serves 119 parishes in Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, and Ocean counties.
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