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The Morning Call
Dan Sheehan
Of The Morning Call
Allentown Diocese Bishop John Barres transferring to diocese on Long Island
Allentown Bishop John O. Barres, who has served the diocese since 2009, has been appointed bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York.
Barres, 56, will be installed Jan. 31 to lead the Long Island diocese, which serves 1.5 million Catholics in Nassau and Suffolk counties and is the sixth-largest by population in the United States.
“I must thank the priests and the entire people of God of the Diocese of Allentown,” Barres said in a statement. “You will always be in my heart, my memories, my prayers and my Masses as I remember our days of holiness and mission together.”
Barres will be introduced to his new diocese today when he concelebrates Mass with retiring Bishop William Murphy at the Cathedral of St. Agnes in Rockville Centre. The Mass will be streamed on telecaretv.org at 8:30 a.m.
At 10:30, Barres and Murphy will appear on the website’s “Everyday Faith Live” program.
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