The rector of a seminary in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh will be the new bishop of the Diocese of Juneau, Alaska, the AP is reporting.
Monsignor Edward J. Burns is rector of St. Paul Seminary in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik will ordain Burns as a bishop on March 3 in Pittsburgh, and he will be installed as bishop in Juneau on April 2.
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The 51-year-old Burns was ordained a priest in 1983. He replaces Bishop Michael Warfel who headed the Juneau diocese until his appointment as bishop of the diocese of Great Falls-Billings, Montana.
The Juneau diocese has about 7,300 Catholics in 11 parishes, served by nine priests, three deacons and two other male clergy.
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