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By Jessica Mazzola | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
NEWARK — A papal appointment to a post halfway across the country has got local Catholics questioning who the next leader of the state’s largest archdiocese will be.
Pope Francis announced Thursday his appointment of Archbishop Bernard Hebda as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Hebda had previously served as the Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, and was scheduled to replace Archbishop John J. Myers when he retires.
In a statement released Thursday, Myers said he was surprised by the appointment.
“Our Holy Father Pope Francis has often said that our God is a God of Surprises,” Myers said in a statement. “Today is surely a perfect example of that.”
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