Pope Francis has named Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer as the new leader of the Catholic Church in Atlanta.
Hartmayer, 68, replaces Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who took over as head of the church in Washington, D.C., in the aftermath of the 2018 explosion of the sex abuse and cover-up scandal.
Hartmayer, a Conventual Franciscan, has been bishop of Savannah, Georgia, since 2011.
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