NEW JERSEY
NJ.com
By Rev. Alexander Santora/For the Jersey Journal
on January 19, 2016
Archbishop Bernard Hebda made it official: he’s staying in the Newark Archdiocese.
Ever since the coadjutor or assisting Archbishop, was given a second job last June as Temporary Administrator of the Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis, rumors have swirled that he would remain there. “I will be there until a new man is installed and expect to come back,” said Hebda in a wide-ranging, one-hour interview in the archbishop’s conference room at the Newark chancery on Clifton Street. “I’ve said this from the very beginning.”
Having come to Newark in November 2013, Hebda made a very positive impression as he visited parishes, schools, deanery meetings and attended events. But much of that has been curtailed since he travels to Minnesota weekly – a five hour trek to get to and from the airport with a three hour flight.
Archbishop John Nienstedt resigned on June 15, 2013. Archbishop Carlo Vigano, the Apostolic Nuncio, called Hebda the Saturday before to alert him to the possibility and inform him that Pope Francis would appoint him administrator.
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