Seattle gets a new archbishop

Pope Benedict XVI has named Bishop James Peter Sartain (pronounced SAR-tin), 58, of the Diocese of Joliet, Ill., as the new Archbishop of Seattle.
As required by church law, Archbishop Alex J. Brunett submitted his resignation to the Holy Father on turning 75 in January 2009. Archbishop Brunett’s resignation has now been accepted and he will serve as apostolic administrator of the archdiocese until Archbishop Sartain’s installation as the ninth bishop and fifth Archbishop of Seattle.