Official: Timothy Dolan to become next NYC Archbishop!

iiiiiiiiiiitttttttttssssssss DOLAN!

The official announcement, we are told by the Associated Press, will be made at 6AM EST, when the Vatican publishes its daily news bulletin.

Whispers sources say Dolan will make his first public NYC appearance at 8AM Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral, with an 11AM press conference.

I wrote a post last week about these rumors, and refer you back to it for all the interesting Dolan tidbits I've assembled. Good catch-up reading.

I'll make two additions now: I'm currently holding a letter from Archbishop Dolan, and one of my brothers was baptized by him. ;)

update - it's official:

• Official VIS bulletin
• Arch of NY press release
• Reuters
• Associated Press