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Pocono News
SCRANTON – Pope Francis appointed the Reverend Joseph R. Kopacz, Ph.D., pastor of Most Holy Trinity Parish, Mount Pocono, as the eleventh bishop of the Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi. Bishop-elect Kopacz succeeds Bishop Joseph Nunzio Latino, whose resignation was accepted, having completed his seventy-fifth year of age. Bishop-Elect Kopacz’s episcopal ordination and installation as Bishop of Jackson are scheduled for February 6, 2014 in the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter the Apostle, Jackson, Mississippi.
The son of the late Stanley and Carmella Calormino Kopacz, Bishop Elect-Kopacz is a native of Dunmore, PA and is a graduate of Dunmore Central Catholic High School. He is the second of three children with a brother, Robert, and a sister, Mary Ellen Negri. He attended St. Pius X. Seminary, Dalton and received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Scranton and his Master’s Degree in Theology from Christ the King Seminary, East Aurora, New York. He also earned a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Psychology and a Doctorate in Human Development from Marywood University.
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