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CHICAGO (WLS) — The Vatican has informed Chicago’s Francis Cardinal George that it has begun the process to select the cardinal’s successor.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, Papal Nuncio to the United States, has informed Cardinal George that he has begun the consulting process to identify his successor as Archbishop of Chicago, the Chciago archdiocese said in a statement.
The process is expected to be completed in late fall, the archdiocese said.
George asked the Catholic Church to begin the process of choosing his successor. He revealed his intention to step down after he spoke in April about how a ”strenuous” round of chemotherapy led him to cancel an important trip to Rome.
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