Religion briefs

Jennifer M. Haselberger, bishop's delegate for canonical affairs of the Diocese of Fargo, N.D., will join the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis as chancellor for canonical affairs on Aug. 18. She succeeds Sister Dominica Brennan, who is leaving the archdiocese after 16 years to assume a new position with the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Ill.

Haselberger, a College of St. Catherine graduate who holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of London and a licentiate in canon law from Catholic University Leuven in Belgium, has served the Fargo diocese since 2006. Before that, she was chancellor and director of the tribunal for the Diocese of Crookston, Minn.

Archbishop John Nienstedt praised Sister Brennan for her "fidelity to church law and her important service to three different archbishops" and welcomed Haselberger, calling her "studious, thoughtful and extremely well prepared."