New bishop named for Bridgeport diocese

CONNECTICUT
CT Post

Frank Juliano
Updated 9:30 am, Wednesday, July 31, 2013

BRIDGEPORT — An auxiliary bishop in Brooklyn, N.Y. has been named as the new spiritual leader of the Diocese of Bridgeport.

Pope Francis announced the appointment of the Most Rev. Frank J Caggiano, 53, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport.

Bishop Caggiano succeeds The Most Rev. William E. Lori, who was named Archbishop of Baltimore in March 2012.

The Installation Mass for Bishop Caggiano will take place on Thursday, September 19. He will become in fifth bishop of the Bridgeport Diocese that was founded in 1953.

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