Bishop Gregory to Head Atlanta Archdiocese
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Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during the height of the clergy sex abuse crisis, was appointed by Pope John Paul II to serve as Archbishop of Atlanta, the archdiocese announced.
Gregory, 57, who had been serving as bishop in Belleville, Ill., will become Atlanta’s sixth archbishop. He succeeds Archbishop John F. Donoghue, 76, who is retiring. Gregory was the first black president of the bishops conference.
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