Pope Francis names North Carolina priest auxiliary bishop for Atlanta

WASHINGTON (DC)
Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis has appointed Father Bernard E. Shlesinger III, a priest of the Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, to be an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

Bishop-designate Shlesinger, 56, is currently the director of spiritual formation at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia.

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