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National Catholic Reporter
Catholic News Service | Nov. 6, 2013
WASHINGTON Pope Francis has named Bishop Salvatore Matano of Burlington, Vt., to head the diocese of Rochester, N.Y.
He succeeds Bishop Matthew Clark, who retired in September 2012.
The appointment was announced Wednesday in Washington by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
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Matano has headed the statewide Burlington diocese since 2005.
The Rochester diocese is made up of 12 counties, covering a 7,100-square-mile area. It has a Catholic population of more than 311,000 out of a total population of 1.5 million.
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