New Archbishop For New York City

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Archbishop Timothy Dolan acknowledges applause from the crowd during his Mass of Installation Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. The former Milwaukee archbishop is taking over the most visible American job in the Roman Catholic Church and the nation's second-largest diocese after Los Angeles.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan listens to a speaker during his Mass of Installation at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Dolan, 59, succeeds Cardinal Edward Egan as the 10th archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York.

From left, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Gov. David Paterson, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., sit in a pew during Archbishop Timothy Dolan's Mass of Installation at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Dolan, 59, succeeds Cardinal Edward Egan as the 10th Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan, left, accepts the Crozier staff from Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the Vatican's ambassador to the United States, during Dolan's Mass of Installation as New York's 10th archbishop at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, Wednesday, April 15, 2009.

Participants in a procession wait to enter St. Patrick's Cathedral for Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan's first Mass as the Archbishop of New York in New York, Wednesday, April 15, 2009.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan reacts during a news conference in New York, Wednesday, April 15, 2009, before he is formally installed as Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan dispenses incense during a Solemn Vespers prayer service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, Tuesday, April 14, 2009, the day before his installation as the new leader of the Archdiocese of New York.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan greets worshippers at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York at the start of a Solemn Vespers ceremony Tuesday, April 14, 2009, the day before his installation as the new leader of the Archdiocese of New York. Dolan, 59, the former Milwaukee archbishop, is taking over the most visible American job in the Roman Catholic Church and the nation's second-largest diocese after Los Angeles.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan, right, and Cardinal Edward M. Egan bow their heads during a Solemn Vespers ceremony at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York Tuesday, April 14, 2009, the day before Dolan's installation as the new leader of the Archdiocese of New York.

Archbishop-designate Timothy Dolan knocks on the doors of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York to symbolically ask New York's Roman Catholics to accept him as their new leader before a Solemn Vespers ceremony Tuesday, April 14, 2009. Dolan, 59, the former Milwaukee archbishop, will be installed at the Archbishop of New York Wednesday, April 15.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan greets worshippers at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York Tuesday, April 14, 2009, moments before beginning a Solemn Vespers ceremony the day before his installation as the new leader of the Archdiocese of New York, the nation's second-largest diocese after Los Angeles.