NEW JERSEY
The Record
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2013
BY JEFF GREEN
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
One thousand Catholics, 33 bishops from around the country and four cardinals will welcome Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda to the Newark Archdiocese on Tuesday at a special Mass.
Pope Francis appointed Hebda, 54, formerly the bishop of a rural diocese in northern Michigan, as a coadjutor, or assistant, to Archbishop John J. Myers in September. Myers, 72, said in a press conference at the time that he requested help from the Vatican to run several major initiatives as he and two of his regional bishops near the mandatory retirement age of 75. …
Governor Christie, a close confidant of Myers, is not scheduled to attend the ceremony, which is on Election Day, but he does plan to be at an annual Mass for law enforcement officers on Thursday. Goodness said the nuncio’s office chose the date for Hebda’s ceremony.
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