Print Issue: June 20, 2002

Bishops Vote To Split Region

DALLAS (CNS) - In the only piece of business on their Dallas agenda that was unrelated to clergy sex abuse, the bishops in a voice vote June 14 agreed to divide one of their episcopal regions in two. The decision affects what is now Region 4 and creates a new Region 14. Region 4 now will include only Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services. The new Region 14 will be made up of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, all formerly in Region 4.