Springfield Diocese installs Bishop William Byrne with ancient ritual tailored to follow pandemic rules
Springfield Diocese installs Bishop William Byrne with ancient ritual tailored to follow pandemic rules Updated Dec 14, 2020; Facebook Share 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, ...
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