“It’s been a great joy for me to have been here as the bishop, a true gift from the Lord, not that everything has been perfect, because no life is perfect. But if I put everything on a scale, I have to say that the scale goes way up here to the good.”

—  Paul Loverde

Bishop Loverde expresses joy, gratitude on eve of retirement https://www.catholicherald.com/news/local_news/bishop_loverde_expresses_joy,_gratitude_on_eve_of_retirement/ (November 29, 2016)

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