This morning, Pope Benedict XVI made the following appointments for the United States:

• Monsignor Robert Gruss, priest of the Diocese of Davenport and former Vice-Rector of the North American College in Rome, as bishop of the Diocese of Rapid City in South Dakota.
• Father Donald hying, priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and Rector of St. Francis de Sales Seminary, as auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese.

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