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The Rev. Jaime Soto was welcomed as the next bishop to the Sacramento area’s 500,000 Catholics in a two–hour bilingual Mass on Monday that drew church leaders from across the West.
Soto, a former auxiliary bishop of Orange County who is active in social justice issues, will serve as assistant or coadjutor to Bishop William K. Weigand. Soto, 51, will become bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento when Weigand, 70, eventually retires.
More than 1,300 invited guests packed the pews at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in downtown Sacramento, including 100 priests and 40 bishops who entered the church in the opening processional. Cardinal Roger Mahony of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles also was in attendance.
Continued at sacbee.com/101/story/504661.html
Soto, a former auxiliary bishop of Orange County who is active in social justice issues, will serve as assistant or coadjutor to Bishop William K. Weigand. Soto, 51, will become bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento when Weigand, 70, eventually retires.
More than 1,300 invited guests packed the pews at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in downtown Sacramento, including 100 priests and 40 bishops who entered the church in the opening processional. Cardinal Roger Mahony of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles also was in attendance.
Continued at sacbee.com/101/story/504661.html