GREEN BAY (WI)
National Catholic Reporter

A press release this morning from the U.S. bishops’ conference informs us that the diocese left vacant when Bernard Hebda was appointed co-adjutor bishop of Newark, N.J., has a new bishop:

Pope Names Green Bay, Wisconsin Priest Bishop of Marquette, Michigan

December 17, 2013

WASHINGTON — Pope Francis has named Father John Doerfler, 49, a priest of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and vicar general of the diocese, as bishop of Marquette, Michigan. He succeeds Archbishop Alexander Sample, who became archbishop of Portland in Oregon, January 29, 2013.

The appointment was publicized in Washington, December 17, by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, apostolic nuncio to the United States.