Bishop Kmiec installed as head of Diocese of Buffalo

Published: 2004-11-01

BUFFALO, N.Y. (CNS) -- Ending months of anticipation, Bishop Edward U. Kmiec accepted his crosier and took the bishop's chair Oct. 28 as the 13th bishop of the western New York diocese during a two-hour installation ceremony at St. Joseph's Cathedral in downtown Buffalo. Bishop Kmiec, former head of the Diocese of Nashville, Tenn., succeeded Bishop Henry J. Mansell, who was appointed to head the Archdiocese of Hartford, Conn., in October 2003. In attendance were more than 40 archbishops and bishops from across the country, including Archbishop Mansell, Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York, Bishop Robert J. Cunningham of Ogdensburg, N.Y., and Bishop Donald W. Trautman of Erie, Pa. "We welcome you officially, first of all as you now become a Buffalonian, you now become a western New Yorker, and we hope you become a Bills (football) fan. They need all the hope and prayers they can get," said Auxiliary Bishop Edward M. Grosz of Buffalo in his welcoming address.

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