NEW YORK
Albany Times Union
By Bob Gardinier
Updated 6:53 am, Tuesday, February 11, 2014
ALBANY – The diocese will announce later Tuesday morning the appointment Rev. Msgr. Edward B. Scharfenberger, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, as the new spiritual leader for the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese.
Scharfenberger, 65, was appointed by Pope Francis early Tuesday to be the tenth bishop of the diocese, Father Kenneth Doyle said.
There will be a press conference to introduce Bishop-elect Scharfenberger at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday in meeting rooms 1 and 2, at the Pastoral Center of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, 40 North Main Avenue, Albany, New York.
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