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Bp. Zubik: News brings great joy to diocese

Here is a statement from Green Bay Bp. David Zubik on the appointment of Msgr. Frank Dewane, a priest of the Green Bay Diocese, as coadjutor bishop of Venice, Fla.:

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"It is with great joy that we the faithful of the Church of Green Bay share in the terrific news that today, Tuesday, April 25, Pope Benedict XVI has named one of our own priests, Rev. Msgr. Frank J. Dewane, a bishop and has appointed him as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Venice, Florida. Bishop-elect Dewane possesses many wonderful God given talents which he has used generously for the benefit of God's people not only here in the local Church of Green Bay but on the national and international front as well.

"At this news, I join together with the nearly 400,000 faithful of our diocese as we wish Bishop-elect Dewane the gift of God's grace as he undertakes his new responsibilities. As our 'buttons are busting' that once again one of our own has become a bishop, we promise him our prayers that he may faithfully and lovingly serve all the people entrusted to his care."