Breaking: Msgr. Michael Duca of Dallas appointed to Shreveport, LA
Local Dallas outlet WFAA: The Vatican bulletino announcement:Monsignor Michael Duca of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas has been appointed bishop of Shreveport by Pope Benedict XVI.
[Fr.] Duca, a Dallas native, has served as rector of Holy Trinity Seminary in Dallas since 1996.
“I am humbled and honored by the Pope’s decision to appoint me as bishop of the Diocese of Shreveport," [Fr.] Duca said. "It is an incredible blessing that I look forward to, but not without some mixed emotions.
The Holy Father appointed Msgr. Michael Gerard Duca of the clergy of the diocese of Dallas, U.S.A., rector of the Holy Trinity Seminary at Irving, as bishop of Shreveport (area 28,837, population 824,000, Catholics 40,500, priests 51, permanent deacons 22, religious 70), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Dallas in 1952 and ordained a priest in 1978.Rocco has more:
A former diocesan vocations director, chaplain at Dallas' Southern Methodist University and Angelicum-trained canonist, the bishop-elect, 55, succeeds Bishop William Friend, who retired as head of the 40,000-member diocese in December 2006.
Here is the announcement from the diocesan website.
Anyone have personal contact with the monsignor?
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