NEW JERSEY
The Star-Ledger
By Mark Mueller/The Star-Ledger
on September 23, 2013
Newark Archbishop John J. Myers, who has been heavily criticized this year for his handling of priests accused of sexual abuse, will receive a coadjutor archbishop, or partner, to help run the archdiocese, according to a published report.
Pope Francis will name Bernard A. Hebda, 54, currently bishop of Gaylord, Mich., coadjutor archbishop on Tuesday, sources close to the process told National Catholic Reporter.
Myers, 72, is three years from the mandatory retirement age of 75. He has been archbishop since 2001. Previously, he served as bishop of Peoria.
Hebda was appointed bishop of Gaylord in 2009, according to the National Catholic Reporter. He was ordained a priest for the Pittsburgh diocese by then Pittsburgh Bishop Donald W. Wuerl in 1989, the newspaper said. Wuerl is now a cardinal and archbishop of Washington D.C.
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