'Dead Duck'? Providence Bishop Tobin gets coadjutor
Pope Francis appointed a successor to Bishop Thomas Tobin, the outspoken bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, on Wednesday.
Pope Francis appointed a successor to Bishop Thomas Tobin, the outspoken bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, on Wednesday.
The pope named Bishop Richard G. Henning on Nov. 23 as coadjutor bishop of Providence with right of succession.
The appointment means that the 58-year-old Bishop Henning — an auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New Yo…