Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan was appointed to the new New York Archbishop on Monday. Dolan will succeed Cardinal Edward Egan, who is retiring as archbishop after almost nine years of service.
Egan welcomed Dolan at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in a morning mass on Monday.
“I’ve known him many years…and I told him how I delighted I am to welcome this wonderful priest and bishop,” said Egan.
Dolan did not speak but in a statement he said he was “deeply honored” and “grateful for the confidence of Pope Benedict XVI.”
Egan was ordained in 1957 and was bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut for 12 years before Pope John Paul II appointed him to lead the New York Archdiocese in 2000.
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