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OPB | April 02, 2013
Portland has a new archbishop. The Most Reverend Alexander Sample leads an archdiocese of approximately 400,000 Catholics.
He was installed at a formal ceremony at the University of Portland Tuesday.
A Vatican delegate read out the apostolic letter of appointment in front of the public and representatives from around the world.
Once Sample took a seat in the bishop’s throne, he officially assumed his new position.
In the Archbishop’s sermon, he spoke explicitly about the Catholic church’s recent sex abuse scandals.
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