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Seven years in Chicago

Pope Benedict named Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller to be the new archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio on Oct. 14. This slide show is a brief look back at the bishop's seven-year tenure here in Chicago.

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Bishop Garcia-Siller incenses the altar near images of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the beginning of Mass at Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago on Dec. 12, 2008. More than 400 people braved frigid temperatures for the historic event, which marked the first time that a public Mass has been celebrated in Federal Plaza.

Photo: Karen Callaway / Catholic New World