ORANGE (CA)
The Orange County Register
By DOUG IRVING, GREG HARDESTY and DANIEL LANGHORNE / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
BULLETIN:
A Roman Catholic priest in North Texas has been named bishop of the diocese of Orange County, the Associated Press is reporting.
Pope Benedict XVI on Friday announced the appointment of Fort Worth Bishop Kevin Vann.
The 61-year-old Texas priest takes over for Bishop Tod Brown, who is retiring. Brown is 75.
Vann will be installed in December. He’s led the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth since July 2005. The diocese serves about 710,000 congregants.
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ORANGE – Bishop Tod D. Brown, who has led the Diocese of Orange through explosive growth, historic change and some of the darkest years of its clergy sex-abuse scandal, will announce his retirement on Friday morning.
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