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<p>The Most Rev. Joseph C. Bambera, D.D., J.C.L., Bishop of Scranton and Diocesan Annual Appeal Regional Lay, announces the 2015 Diocesan Annual Appeal has raised $5,064,000 in gifts and pledges, surpassing the goal of $5 million. The Annual Appeal has received gifts and pledges from 31,479 donors with 77 parishes surpassing their previous parish goal. Local residents, from left, are: Bishop Bambera and clergy chairs for Luzerne County: Eugene and Patricia Klimash, Holy Family Parish, Luzerne, and Father Brian J.W. Clarke, Holy Rosary Parish, Hazleton.</p><style>
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Diocesan Annual Appeal surpasses goal