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Pope Benedict XVI names new bishop of Erie County, includes Mercer County

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ERIE COUNTY, Pennsylvania - A new Bishop is chosen to lead 220,000 Roman Catholic dioceses in Erie County which includes Mercer County.

Pope Benedict XVI has picked canon lawyer Monsignor Lawrence Persico to succeed retiring Erie Bishop Donald Trautman.

Persico will be ordained and installed as bishop during a Mass at St. Peter Cathedral in Erie on Monday, October 1st at 2:00 p.m.  61-year-old Persico was ordained in 1977 and served under three Bishops in the Greensburg area.

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