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	NH Gets New Roman Catholic Bishop Wall Street Journal September 19, 2011 http://online.wsj.com/article/AP0d8474284ccd4fed84cf51fe31ffcfb1.html MANCHESTER, N.H. — New Hampshire's 300,000 Roman Catholics have a new leader. The Vatican on Monday named the Rev. Peter Anthony Libasci (luh-BASH'-ee) to succeed Bishop John McCormack as bishop of the Diocese of Manchester. The 59-year-old Libasci is a New York City native ordained in 1978 who most recently served as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York. He is scheduled to be introduced at St. Joseph Cathedral in Manchester on Monday and will be officially installed Dec. 8. McCormack has served as bishop in New Hampshire since 1998. Before that he was a top aide in the Archdiocese of Boston. While in New Hampshire, he came under intense criticism for his role in Boston's clergy abuse scandal. He announced in August he would step down because he had reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.
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