Vatican City, Jan 19, 2009 / 09:16 am
This morning the Holy Father appointed Msgr. Edward J. Burns to be the Bishop of Juneau, Alaska. Msgr. Burns is currently rector of the St. Paul diocesan seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Bishop of Pittsburgh David A. Zubik described the appointment as “a cause of celebration for the Church because it recognizes in him the same qualities of pastoral care and spiritual leadership in priestly vocations that we have known here for many years, and has been recognized nationally in his nearly decade-long service at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington.”