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Joseph Abel Francis
1923–1997
United States
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Joseph Abel Francis Jr. (1923–1997) was an American Catholic bishop who served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Newark from 1976 to 1995. He was a member of the Society of the Divine Word.
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