Update: Pope names rector of Michigan shrine to head Diocese of Gary

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Update: Pope names rector of Michigan shrine to head Diocese of Gary

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WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis has named Msgr. Robert J. McClory, rector of the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak, Michigan, to head the Diocese of Gary, Indiana.

Bishop-designate McClory, 56, has been shrine rector since 2017. A native of Detroit, he is a priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit.

The appointment was announced in Washington Nov. 26 by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.

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