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Pope names auxiliary bishop for Cleveland

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Bishop-elect Michael G. Woost. Diocese of Cleveland.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis has named Father Michael G. Woost, an assistant professor of sacramental and liturgical theology, to be an auxiliary bishop of Cleveland.

Father Woost, 63, teaches at St. Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology in Wickliffe, Ohio, and also serves as interim director of the Cleveland diocesan Office of Worship.

His appointment was announced in Washington May 9 by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio.

Bishop-designate Woost was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Cleveland June 9, 1984.

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