Submitted on September 5, 2024
WASHINGTON — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Bishop Michael R. Cote, 75, of Norwich, Connecticut, and appointed Archbishop Christopher J. Coyne of Hartford, Connecticut, as apostolic administrator of the diocese. The resignation and appointment were publicized in Washington Sept. 3 by Msgr. John Paul Pedera, chargé d’ affaires of the apostolic nunciature, in the temporary absence of Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Bishop Cote, who has reached the age at which canon law requires bishops to submit their resignation to the pope, has headed the Norwich Diocese since St. John Paul II appointed him the fifth bishop of the diocese on March 11, 2003. (OSV News)
