Pope Names Auxiliary Bishop Frank Caggiano To Head Bridgeport Diocese

WASHINGTON—Pope Francis has named Auxiliary Bishop FrankCaggiano of Brooklyn, 54, as bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Theappointment was publicized in Washington, July 31, by Archbishop Carlo MariaViganò, apostolic nuncio to the United States.

Hesucceeds Archbishop William Lori, who was named archbishop of Baltimore, on March20, 2012.

Bishop Caggianowas born in Brooklyn, New York, March 29, 1959.

He holds a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy fromCathedral College, Queens, New York; a master of divinity from Immaculate ConceptionSeminary, Huntington, New York, and a licentiate and doctorate in theology fromthe Gregorian University, Rome.

He was ordained a priest for the Brooklyn Diocese in1987, named a papal chaplain with the title Monsignor in 2003 and named anauxiliary bishop of Brooklyn in 2006.

The BridgeportDiocese includes 633 square miles. The diocese has 925,899 people, with 410,834,or 44 percent of them, Catholic.

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