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Pope names successor to Bishop Finn
September 15, 2015
Pope Francis has named Bishop James Vann Johnston, Jr., of Springfield - Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the next bishop of Kansas City – St. Joseph, Missouri.
Bishop Johnston, 55, succeeds Bishop Robert Finn, who resigned in April, nearly three years after he was found guilty of criminal charges of failing to report sexual abuse.
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