APPOINTMENT OF NEW BISHOP

Pope Francis Wednesday accepted the resignation of Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli, appointing Brooklyn pastor Fr. Kevin J. Sweeney to be his successor as head of the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey. Fr. Sweeney, 50, who is the vicar forane of Brooklyn’s 8th deanery, will be Paterson’s eighth bishop. He is also pastor of St. Michael’s Church in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. He was born in Elmhurst, Queens in 1970 to Irish immigrant parents. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Brooklyn in 1997. OLM welcomes Fr. Sweeney as Bishop Elect for the Paterson Dioceses and pray for him as our new Spiritual leader.