Bishop Joseph Patrick McFadden was named Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Kevin Carl Rhoades was named Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana in November 2009.
Bishop McFadden had been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia.
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- Migliore named Nuncio to Poland
- Fisichella named Pontifical Council for the Promot...
- Re retired, Ouellet named Congregation of Bishops ...
- Allué retired, Kennedy and Uglietto named Boston A...
- Skylstad retired, Cupich named Spokane Bishop
- Rosazza retired as Hartford Auxiliary
- Darmaatmadja retired, Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo succee...
- Dho retired, Lanzetti named Alba Bishop
- McFadden named Harrisburg Bishop
- Fitzgerald named Philadelphia Auxiliary
- Castaño Fonseca and Vargas Peña named México Auxil...
- Delfino retired as Berbérati Bishop
- Erected: Salgueiro, Brazil; Lopes named Bishop
- Ruffinoni named Caxias do Sul Coadjutor
- Callahan named La Crosse Bishop
- Martins Fernandes Pedreira retired, Gonçalves de O...
- Mietto retired, Lazzari named Napo Vicar Apostolic
- Pierro retired, Moretti named Salerno-Campagna-Ace...
- Rincón Rojas retired, Ceballos Escobar named Puert...
- da Silva named Manaus Auxiliary
- Maginnis retired, McIntyre named Philadelphia Auxi...
- Fey named Kimbe Bishop
- Aguirre Franco retired, Garfias Merlos named Acapu...
- Llano Ruiz retired, García Peláez named Istmina-Ta...
- O’Connell named Trenton Coadjutor
- Tkáč retired, Bober named Košice Archbishop
- Son Sam-seok named Pusan Auxiliary
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