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Pope Names Thompson Indianapolis Archbishop

by Associated Press

   VATICAN CITY --

   Pope Francis has named Monsignor Charles Thompson as the new archbishop
   of Indianapolis, the Vatican announced Tuesday.
   Thompson, a canon lawyer, replaces Cardinal Joseph Tobin, whom Francis
   moved to Newark, New Jersey last year.
   Thompson, a 56-year-old native of Louisville, Kentucky, has been bishop
   of Evansville since 2011.
   Thompson has also taught canon law at the Saint Meinrad School of
   Theology, where he studied.