A prelate lays hands on Bishop Edmund Whalen during the Rite of Ordination.
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The Book of Gospels is placed above the heads of Auxiliary Bishops Gerardo J. Colacicco and Edmund J. Whalen during the Mass of Ordination of Bishops Dec. 10 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
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Bishop Gerardo Colacicco delivers his remarks.
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With their pastoral staffs in hand, and wearing their bishops’ rings and miters, Auxiliary Bishops Colacicco and Whalen take in the applause from the cathedral’s congregation.
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Bishop Gerardo Colacicco and Bishop Edmund Whalen lay prostrate in the cathedral sanctuary.
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Newly ordained Bishops Colacicco and Whalen process with their pastoral staffs.
