New Archbishop of New York named

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Bishop Edward Michael Egan of the Bridgeport dicese in Connecticut was named successor to the late Cardinal John O’Connor as archbishop of New York May 11.

As archbishop, Egan will be heading the New York archdiocese, the nation’s third largest with 2.3 million Roman Catholics. O’Connor died May 3 after a long battle with brain cancer. O’Connor served 16 years at the helm of the New York archdiocese.

Egan, 68, has led the Bridgeport diocese and its 360,000 Catholics since 1988, previously serving 20 years at the Vatican as a canon lawyer working with popes Paul VI to John Paul II. He also oversaw Catholic schools in New York for two years while serving as an auxiliary bishop.