INDIANAPOLIS (IN)
Indianapolis Star
Written by
Tim Evans and Peter Smith
6:25 a.m. update
Joseph W. Tobin has officially been appointed the next archbishop of Indianapolis by Pope Benedict XVI, according to the Archdiocese of Indianapolis website.
The announcement was made in Rome. Tobin will succeed Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein, who is leaving for health reasons.
The press conference in Indianapolis to introduce Tobin will be streamed live at http://www.archindy.org/archbishop/conference.html.
9:06 p.m. Oct. 17 post
A high-ranking Vatican official, seen as a moderate who is sympathetic to American nuns in their ongoing tensions with the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, is expected to be named Thursday as the next archbishop of Indianapolis.
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