PITTSBURGH (PA)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Peter Smith / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pope Francis has named Archbishop Bernard Hebda, a Pittsburgh native, to administer a scandal-plagued Minnesota archdiocese in the wake of the resignations of its leaders.
Archbishop Hebda will serve as apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis after the departures of Archbishop John Nienstadt and Auxiliary Bishop Lee Piche, whose resignations were announced today.
The resignations came less than two weeks after state prosecutors filed criminal charges accusing the archdiocese of failing to protect children from an abusive priest now serving a five-year prison sentence for molesting two boys.
Archbishop Hebda is currently coadjutor archbishop in the Archdiocese of Newark, meaning he is second in command to Archbishop John J. Myers and designated to succeed him.
He’ll maintain that assignment while also being tasked with steadying the Minnesota archdiocese.
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