NEW JERSEY
New Jersey 101.5
A second archbishop is to be named in the Roman Catholic Church’s archdiocese in Newark, where the archbishop is nearing retirement age and has been under fire for his handling of the case of a priest barred from unsupervised contact with minors, a Catholic publication reported Monday.
Pope Francis is appointing a coadjutor archbishop to assist Archbishop John Myers, the National Catholic Reporter said. A coadjutor bishop is expected to succeed a bishop who retires or dies.
The bishop of Gaylord, Mich., Bernard Hebda, will be named to the post Tuesday, said the Reporter, citing unidentified sources.
The archdiocese, which serves nearly 1.5 million parishoners in northern New Jersey, declined to comment but said it would be making “an announcement of significance” on Tuesday.
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