G. Wayne Miller up at the Providence Journal spent a year with Bishop Thomas Tobin, following him around to schools, parishes, cemeteries, etc. The result is an ambitious day-in-the-life project that many papers don’t seem to have the resources for anymore.

From the package’s main blurb:

Outsiders do not ordinarily get access to the upper levels of the Roman Catholic Church, but beginning in October 2006, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin welcomed Journal staff writer G. Wayne Miller deep inside the Diocese of Providence, which covers all of Rhode Island, America’s most heavily Catholic state. The result is a rare journey through a church, a diocese, and the life of a man. The series began Oct. 21 and will continue over the next two Sundays.

The photos by Mary Murphy are as interesting as the series and worth a look.