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Bishop Blase Cupich Named By Pope Francis To Be Next Archbishop Of Chicago

(RNS) Pope Francis on Saturday will name Bishop Blase Cupich of Spokane, Wash., a prelate closely identified with the Catholic Church’s progressive wing, to be the next archbishop of Chicago, according to news reports and multiple church sources. It is the pontiff’s most important U.S. appointment to date and one that could upend decades of conservative dominance of the American hierarchy. Cupich, 65, will succeed Cardinal Francis George, a doctrinal and cultural conservative who has headed one of the American church’s pre-eminent dioceses since 1997.

 

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