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Diocese of Knoxville

School of hard ‘knox’ - New TN bishop faces Stika-sized challenge

Bishop-elect Mark Beckman faces challenges in Knoxville. The biggest is his predecessor

JD Flynn
May 09, 2024
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If you ask the Catholics who know him, they’ll tell you that the Tuesday appointment of Bishop-elect Mark Beckman to the Diocese of Knoxville comes as something of a surprise. 

Bishop-elect Mark Beckman speaks at a May 7 press conference. Credit: Diocese of Knoxville/YouTube.

They’ll tell you — or at least they told The Pillar — that Beckman is an unassum…

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