Bishop Robert J. Carlson appointed ninth Archbishop of Saint Louis

Pope Benedict XVI announced April 21 the appointment of The Most Rev. Robert J. Carlson as Archbishop of St. Louis. Bishop Carlson is currently Bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw Michigan. He will succeed Archbishop Raymond L. Burke as and will become St. Louis' ninth archbishop (St. Louis had one bishop before becoming a metropolitan archdiocese).

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