Read FAITH Magazine's Special Report: Lansing's chancellor now Gaylord's bishop
On Thursday, August 28, Bishop Steven Raica was ordained as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Gaylord, Michigan. Most Reverend Allen Vigneron, Archbishop of Detroit, was the principal consecrator; co-consecrators were Most Reverend Carl Mengeling, retired Bishop of the Diocese of Lansing, and Most Reverend Bernard Hebda, Co-adjutor Archbishop of Newark and former Bishop of Gaylord. Archbishop Vigano, the papal nuncio, presented the apostolic letter of appointment and Most Reverend Earl Boyea delivered the homily