INDIANA
News-Sentinel
From The Associated Press
Sunday, November 10, 2013
GARY — The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Gary has submitted his resignation to the pope, as required under church law at age 75.
Bishop Dale Melczek tells The Times of Munster he doesn’t expect Pope Francis to act immediately on his letter.
“He will begin a process that will lead to the eventual appointment of a successor. It could take a few months or it could even take a year,” Melczek said. “I mentioned to the Holy Father my gratitude to God for the gift of life, the gift of faith in baptism, an essential in my life, and then the call to minister to God’s people as a priest and bishop.”
Melczek will become the fifth bishop in Indiana to retire in recent years, all of them serving at least two decades.
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