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CHARLOTTE — Bishop Peter Jugis announces the appointment of three new vicars forane effective April 29:
Father John Starczewski has been appointed for the Charlotte Vicariate, Father Stephen Hoyt for the Hickory Vicariate, and Father Christopher Gober for the Winston-Salem Vicariate.
Sometimes called a dean, a vicar forane is a priest appointed by the bishop in order to promote a common pastoral activity in a region of the diocese and to provide spiritual and pastoral counsel to the other priests in that region, according to Church law.
The Diocese of Charlotte has 10 vicariates.
— Catholic News Herald