Bishop James Thomas Ruggieri holds the official manadate from the Holy Father, and presents it to the congregation, which calls the Bishop-elect to ordination as the Bishop of Portland.
Sister Anna of the Sisters of the Curé in Stockton Springs takes a picture of Bishop James Thomas Ruggieri before his ordination and installation as the 13th Bishop of Portland.
The Most Reverend Robert P. Deeley lays his hands on Bishop James Thomas Ruggieri, while invoking the power of the Holy Spirit.
Jeanne Marie Leo of Mount Desert Island waits with her children Margaret, 4, right, Teresa-Elisabeth, 3, Basil, 1, and Agnes, 2 months, before the ordination and installation of The Most Rev. James Thomas Ruggieri.
Sean Patrick Cardinal O'Malley, the Archbishop of Boston, presides over Bishop James Thomas Ruggieri as while presenting the Book of the Gospels during the oridination and installation of the 13th Bishop of Portland.
A woman adjusts a veil at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
Archbishops and bishops applaud during the ordination and installation of Bishop James Thomas Ruggieri as the 13th Bishop of Portland, as he takes his place in the cathedral and holds the pastoral staff, which once belonged to Bishop David William Bacon (1815-1874, the first Bishop of Portland.
Bishop James Thomas Ruggieri leads Communion after his ordination and installation as the 13th Bishop of Portland.
Bishop James Thomas Ruggieri, right, embraces Sean Patrick Cardinal O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, during his ordination and installation as Portland's new bishop.
Bishop James Thomas Ruggieri carries the pastoral staff after his ordination and installation as the 13th Bishop of Portland.
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