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Twelve-year-old finds Gallup Diocese's missing bishop's crosier
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GALLUP, N.M. (CNS) -- The Gallup Diocese has a 12-year-old boy to thank for finding a "symbolic piece of the diocese's heritage" that went missing sometime in early June, the diocese said June 13. The "piece" was the bishop's crosier, which has been in the diocese since its first bishop was ordained and installed in 1940. A crosier is one of the bishop's symbols of office. It disappeared sometime between June 1 and June 4 from Deacon Jim Hoy's truck. The deacon, who is the diocese's financial director, filed a police report after discovering his truck had been broken into and that the crosier and a bag he had in the truck had been taken. The crosier was returned in its black case the afternoon of June 12 to St. Francis Parish in Gallup. Inside the case was a note that read: "The staff was found by my 12-year-old cousin while riding his bike in the hills near Gallup Catholic (School) on Monday (June 9)." Neither the youngster who found the crosier nor his cousin were identified. The crosier's estimated value is between $3,000 and $5,000.
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