Pope Francis appoints new Catholic bishop in RI

Pope Francis named a New York prelate as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence's new bishop on Wednesday, in a surprise move that comes months before Bishop Thomas Tobin reaches the church's mandatory retirement age.

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