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Bishop Ronald Hicks has been an acolyte of Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, and is one of the pope's first major U.S. appointments since being elected as worldwide leader of the Catholic church following the death of Pope Francis.
The new archbishop of New York, viewed by some as a leader in the mold of Pope Francis, may push the head of the Roman Catholic Church on Long Island to be more assertive on hot-button issues such as immigration, some local Catholics said Thursday.