Texas seminary rector named bishop of Shreveport

Published: 2008-04-01

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The rector of Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving, Texas, Msgr. Michael G. Duca, has been named bishop of Shreveport, La., by Pope Benedict XVI. The appointment was announced April 1 by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Bishop-designate Duca, a native of Dallas, was ordained a priest of the Dallas Diocese April 29, 1978, and has been seminary rector since Aug. 1, 1996. He will become the second bishop of Shreveport. No date has been set yet for his episcopal ordination and installation. The diocese has been vacant since Bishop William B. Friend retired Dec. 20, 2006. Msgr. Earl V. Provenza has been serving as administrator. Bishop Friend was named bishop of Alexandria-Shreveport in 1982 and first bishop of Shreveport when it was split off from Alexandria to form a separate diocese in 1986.

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