CHICAGO (AP) - Blase Cupich has succeeded Cardinal Francis George as the Archbishop of Chicago.
In a Mass on Tuesday, the 65-year-old Cupich became archbishop of the nation's third-largest diocese at Holy Name Cathedral.
The succession process began Monday night when Cupich knocked on the cathedral door and symbolically asked to be admitted for what's called a Rite of Reception.
Cupich was named by Pope Francis in September to succeed George, who is retiring as he battles cancer.