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Michael Duca was ordained today as the new bishop of the Catholic diocese of Shreveport.

Duca, who was a monsignor in Dallas prior to his appointment, is the second bishop of the Shreveport diocese, which oversees Catholic churches across North Louisiana.

"I want to make us have a sense of missionary work -- of reaching out to the poor, the needy, to the unchurched," Duca told hundreds of people during a Mass at the Shreveport Convention Center this afternoon. "I also want to, hopefully, increase our vocations -- people that are called to ministry as priests, sisters."

Duca succeeds Bishop William Friend, who retired.