ORANGE (CA)
The Orange County Register
By DOUG IRVING / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
ORANGE – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange has scheduled a press conference on Friday morning to announce the retirement of Bishop Tod D. Brown and to announce his successor.
Brown has served as bishop for 14 years. The diocese described him in a brief press advisory as instrumental in the recent decision to buy the Crystal Cathedral and rename it Christ Cathedral. But Brown has also been dogged in recent years by the Catholic Church’s child sex-abuse scandal, and questions about what he knew.
Brown’s successor will be introduced at the press conference, scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. Friday, according to the diocese. He will oversee a diocese of 1 million Catholics, the 10th-largest and fastest-growing in the nation.
The diocese declined further comment beyond what was in its brief press advisory.
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