US Bishops' Leader in Defending Marriage Appointed to San Francisco
Bishop Cordileone of Oakland to Succeed Archbishop Niederauer
SAN FRANCISCO, JULY 27,
2012 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Salvatore Cordileone of
Oakland as the archbishop of San Francisco.
The 56-year-old prelate
succeeds Archbishop George Niederauer, 76, who retired upon having reached the
age limit.
Salvatore Cordileone was
born in San Diego in 1956 and ordained a priest of that diocese in 1982. He has
been the bishop of Oakland since 2009.
Archbishop Cordileone is
chairman of the U.S. bishops' Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of
Marriage.
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