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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Oakland, PA) Bishop Mark Eckman became the 13th Bishop of the Dioceses of Pittsburgh at an installation Mass at St. Paul Cathedral in Oakland on Monday. Bishop Eckman succeeded Beaver County native and former Bishop David Zubik, who resigned from his role. Zubik turned 75 in September, which is the mandatory age for retirement. Bishop Eckman said at his installation Mass: “It’s the loving actions that we do for one another that we’re able to build up God’s kingdom.”