New Mission Bishop
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Roman Catholic Mission at Apia has ced the appointment of a new Catholic to succeed the late Bishop J. B. Dieter, ied in July, 1955, after holding office ne year. The new Bishop-elect is Rev.
George Hamilton Pearce, S.M., of a, Apia (above), who has been a mem the Mission establishment in Western for six years.
Bishop-elect will assume the responsi of his office as soon as a copy of pal Bull is received from Rome. He is ars old and was born in Boston, [?]usetts, USA, and received his clerical an at Bedford and Framingham, Mass, ght school in the USA for two years is ordination to the priesthood and was nt to the mission in Samoa. [?]oamoa, Father Pearce taught at Manila but more recently has been working agricultural development project where. [?]s known to the Samoans as "Patele and will bear the official designation [?]ar Bishop of Attalia, and Vicar-Apostolic [?]oa and the Tokelau Islands. The date consecration as Bishop has not yet [?]xed.