Bishop Doran of Rockford undergoes surgery for lung cancer:

Catholic priests across the Rockford area break some hard news to their parishioners during Saturday evening mass, telling them Bishop Thomas Doran has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

…. the Bishop had several tumors removed from his lungs and is now recovering at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.

Church leaders say doctors detected the cancer after a routine physical exam early last week. Bishop Doran then underwent surgery on Thursday to remove tumors from his left lung.Doctors do believe they removed all of the cancer before it spread.