Green Bay pastor appointed to serve the Diocese of Duluth The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary is pictured in this June 15, 2017, file photo in Duluth, Minn. (Source: Wikimedia Commons) By Associated Press | April 8, 2021 at 3:43 PM CDT - Updated April 8 at 3:43 PM
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) The Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth could finally have a new bishop in place next month following the 2019 death of its longtime leader and the resignation of his chosen replacement.
The Very Rev. Daniel Felton, a longtime pastor in the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, has been appointed by Pope Francis to serve the 10-county northeastern Minnesota diocese.
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New Bishop Named for Duluth Diocese
A new bishop has now been named for the Duluth diocese. The role had been open ever since Bishop Paul Sirba died in 2019.
April 7, 2021
Pope Francis named Father Daniel Felton to be the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Duluth.
Father Felton was ordained as a priest in 1981 and has served as vicar general and moderator for the curia for the Diocese of Green Bay since 2014.
“Every day since I found out that I’m coming to this diocese, I’ve been praying to the Holy Spirit, asking him to be inspired and assisted by the example of Bishop Sirba,” said Father Daniel Felton, the bishop-elect.
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DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth could finally have a new bishop in place next month following the 2019 death of its longtime leader and the resignation of his chosen replacement.
The Very Rev. Daniel Felton, a longtime pastor in the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, has been appointed by Pope Francis to serve the 10-county northeastern Minnesota diocese.
The 66-year-old Felton has served as vicar general and moderator of the curia in Green Bay since 2014. He was ordained a priest in the Green Bay diocese in 1981.
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