Announcements of recent changes in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. This blog serves as a supplement to the main Catholic-Hierarchy website. Note: this blog and the website are NOT officially sanctioned or approved by any church authority.
31 August 2006
Swain named Sioux Falls Bishop
Bishop-elect Paul Joseph Swain was named Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Robert James Carlson was named Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan in December, 2004.
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