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Bishop Robert Brennan appointed Catholic bishop of Brooklyn

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Bishop Robert Brennan speaks to news media after a reception for Brennan by students and faculty from St. Saviour Catholic Academy and St. Saviour High School at the Church of Saint Saviour in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Pope Francis on Wednesday accepted the resignation of the Catholic bishop of Brooklyn, Nicholas DiMarzio, weeks after a Vatican investigation cleared him of sexual abuse allegations, and appointed Brennan, a native New Yorker, to replace him.
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Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio is applauded from the pews as he exits at the end of a reception for Bishop Robert Brennan by students and faculty from St. Saviour Catholic Academy and St. Saviour High School at the Church of Saint Saviour in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
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Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio is applauded from the pews as he exits at the end of a reception for Bishop Robert Brennan.
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Applause is given during a reception for Bishop Robert Brennan by students and faculty from St. Saviour Catholic Academy and St. Saviour High School at the Church of Saint Saviour in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
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Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio greets children at the end of a reception for Bishop Robert Brennan.
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Bishop Robert Brennan, left, stands with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, right, before entering a reception for Brennan by students and faculty from St. Saviour Catholic Academy and St. Saviour High School at the Church of Saint Saviour in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
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Bishop Robert Brennan stands at the altar during a reception for Brennan by students and faculty from St. Saviour Catholic Academy and St. Saviour High School at the Church of Saint Saviour in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
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Bishop Robert Brennan listens to a children's choir during a reception for him by students and faculty from St. Saviour Catholic Academy and St. Saviour High School at the Church of Saint Saviour in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
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Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, center, listens as a reporter asks questions of Bishop Robert Brennan, right, after a news conference.

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