Crookston ministry 'a real joy and a treat,' Hoeppner says at farewell Mass

News: Diocese of Crookston

Bishop Michael Hoeppner entered his cathedral sanctuary Thursday for the first time in 13 years without carrying his crosier, the symbol of a diocesan bishop’s governing authority. Another man sat in the cathedra, a cathedral’s fixed chair of authority.

Hoeppner sat in a smaller chair as he offered Mass in the church, before turning over his keys and pa…