GREGORY BECOMES ARCHBISHOP OF ATLANTA

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Bishop Wilton D. Gregory has been appointed by Pope John Paul II to serve as Archbishop of Atlanta, the archdiocese announced Thursday.

Gregory, who had been serving as bishop in Belleville, Ill., will become Atlanta's sixth archbishop.

He succeeds Archbishop John F. Donoghue, who is resigning.