4/10/08: Appointmentgeddon? (of new bishops, that is)
... tomorrow.
What dioceses are up for grabs?
These dioceses currently have no bishop (with date left vacant):
- Little Rock AR - 2006 May
- Virgin Islands (US) - 2007 Jan
- Des Moines IA - 2007 Apr
- New Ulm MN - 2007 Apr
- Knoxville TN - 2007 Jun
- Green Bay - 2007 Jul
- Charleston SC - 2007 Aug
- Juneau AK - 2007 Nov
- Biloxi MS - 2008 Apr
These dioceses currently have a bishop serving past his mandatory age of retirement (75):
- Detroit MI - 2005 Mar (Abp. Adam Maida)
- New York NY - 2007 Apr (Abp. Edward Egan)
- Omaha NE - 2007 Jun
- Syracuse NY - 2007 Jul
- Kalamazoo MI - 2007 Jul
- Fort Wayne-South Bend IN - 2007 Aug
- New Orleans LA - 2007 Dec
- Wilmington DE - 2008 Jan
- Allentown PA - 2008 Mar
- Pueblo CO -2008 Mar
Of the 19 dioceses listed, Detroit and Ft. Wayne-S. Bend are the most likely to see appointments, I'd say.
So, in these final hours before the Vatican bollettino goes out - any predictions or advanced rumblings?
Can anyone remember the most number of U.S. bishops appointed on a single day in recent history?
update: Michael Dubruiel predicts four new bishops, and singles out Charleston SC.
Hmm, I wonder about the fourth....?
update 2: Rocco is now reporting bishops appointed to Little Rock & Des Moines (1st & 3rd longest vacant, respectively) and auxiliaries to Denver, San Antonio and San Francisco.
Which, as he says, makes for five appointments - but only two immediate diocese fillings.
But there might be more... stay tuned. Tomorrow morning by 7:30AM I should have an update.
update 3: yep, it happened:
- Bishop Richard Pates, 65, heretofore auxiliary of St Paul and Minneapolis, as bishop of Des Moines;
- Fr Anthony Taylor, 53, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish and vicar for Ministries in the archdiocese of Oklahoma City, as bishop of Little Rock;
- Msgr James D. Conley, 53, pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish in Wichita (and former official of the Congregation for Bishops) as auxiliary to Archbishop Charles Chaput OFM Cap. of Denver;
- Fr William Justice, 65, vicar for Clergy of the archdiocese of San Francisco, as auxiliary to San Fran Archbishop George Niederauer;
- Fr Oscar Cantu, 41, pastor of Holy Name Parish in Houston, as auxiliary to Archbishop Jose Gomez of San Antonio
update 4: I've linked the names to their C-H pages. Whispers has coverage-o-rama.
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