Bishops are flying everywhere!
Wow, the Holy Father has made for quite a month in the US with some appointments all across the country.
Bishop Carlson (an A+ Bishop) will be leaving Sioux Falls (they will miss him) and will be taking over what is undeniably the most liberal diocese in the country: Saginaw, MI.
Bishop Listecki, an auxiliary in Chicago will take over the See left vacant by ArchBishop Ray Burke in Lacross, WI.
Bishop Jose Gomez (another A+) who is currently the auxiliary in Denver will become the ArchBishop Metropolitan of San Antonio.
And the Diocese of Galveston-Houston has been elevated to Metropolitan ArchDiocese and both Bishop Fiorenza and co-adjutor Bishop DiNardo have been elevated to the rank of ArchBishop. That means that there are now two Archdioceses in Texas. Galveston-Houston with it's suffragens Austin, Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Tyler and Victoria and San Antonio with its Suffragens San Angelo, El Paso, Amarillo, Lubbock, Laredo, Dallas, and Ft. Worth. It makes for a weird map.
i dont know what to think.....
Posted by: flowery | Dec 30, 2004 at 01:52 AM
Lovin' the part about Saginaw. Maybe they can get the stink that comes from there under control.
Posted by: michigancatholic | Dec 31, 2004 at 06:05 PM
Why doesn't Bishop DiNardo have an A+ after his name??
Posted by: Laura | Jan 05, 2005 at 12:53 AM
Bishop DiNardo doesn't have an A+ just because I don't know him enough. I have heard good things, but I haven't really heard too much.
Posted by: Stephen | Jan 05, 2005 at 05:50 PM
A few points of clarification. Archbishop Raymond (never Ray:) and it's La Crosse. I echo the thought that Archbishop DiNardo should have an A+ as should Archbishop Burke. I know Archbishop Burke personally and Archbishop DiNardo through his former seminarians in Sioux City. These are great men, brothers and sisters. Keep them in your prayers.
Posted by: Jeremiah | Mar 02, 2005 at 12:56 AM
LOL ... now it will defintely be Archbishop Ray in my book ... anyone who takes himself too seriously to have his name shortened, deserves to suffer that small indignity, at least!
Again I'm sure that Bishop DiNardo is a great Bishop, I just don't know enought about him. I am willing to concede on Archbishop Burke, he gets an A+ in my book too . . . for what its worth.
Posted by: Stephen | Mar 02, 2005 at 01:37 AM