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Springfield s bishop promises, like Peter, to love Jesus, care for his people On: 12/16/2020, By Rebecca Drake, , In: Local .Bishop William D. Byrne poses for a photo during his installation Dec. 14, 2020, as the bishop of Springfield, Mass., at St. Michael s Cathedral in Springfield. (CNS photo/Gillian Jones, The Catholic Mirror) .Cardinal Sean P. O Malley of Boston lays his hands on the head of Bishop William D. Byrne during the bishop s installation Mass Dec. 14, 2020, as the head of the Diocese of Springfield, Mass., at St. Michael s Cathedral in Springfield. (CNS photo/Gillian Jones, The Catholic Mirror) .Bishop William D. Byrne speaks during his installation Dec. 14, 2020, as the bishop of Springfield, Mass., at St. Michael s Cathedral in Springfield. (CNS photo/Gillian Jones, The Catholic Mirror)
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Bishop William D. Byrne speaks during his installation Dec. 14, 2020, as the bishop of Springfield, Mass., at St. Michael s Cathedral in Springfield. (Credit: Gillian Jones/The Catholic Mirror via CNS.)
Called to the episcopacy in the middle of a pandemic, in mid-December, in wintry Western New England, Springfield Bishop William D. Byrne followed in the footsteps of St. Peter to stand beside the Risen Lord and promise to love Jesus and care for his people.
SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts Called to the episcopacy in the middle of a pandemic, in mid-December, in wintry Western New England, Springfield Bishop William D. Byrne followed in the footsteps of St. Peter to stand beside the Risen Lord and promise to love Jesus and care for his people.
As a new bishop for the Springfield Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church enters, so too does the hope that renewed transparency will serve to better confront and mend the wounds inflicted by the churchâs lengthy history of systemic sexual abuse and cover-up.
The Rev. William D. Byrne, installed Monday to lead the diocese that includes Berkshire County, has done well to set a hopeful tone by ushering in a significant change already. The diocese will expand its list of credibly accused priests to include those who died before survivors brought abuse allegations, meaningfully acknowledging credible accusers heretofore denied seeing their abusers face a public accounting.
Springfield Diocese installs Bishop William Byrne with ancient ritual tailored to follow pandemic rules
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SPRINGFIELD The Most Rev. William D. Byrne, a parish priest from the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., was installed Monday afternoon as the 10th bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield.
During the afternoon liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel, Cardinal Sean O’Malley of the Archdiocese of Boston consecrated the 56-year-old Byrne as bishop in an ancient ritual that included the consent of attendees to his installation, questioned the bishop-elect about his commitment to what is considered the Church’s senior leadership, and called upon the Holy Spirit to guide him in his ministry.