Friday surprise: Bishop Aymond comes home to New Orleans

An active week for (arch)bishop installations and appointments, and today no different:

The Holy Father appointed Bishop Gregory Michael Aymond of Austin, U.S.A., as metropolitan archbishop of New Orleans (area 10,898, population 1,069,428, Catholics 384,994, priests 369, permanent deacons 183, religious 721), U.S.A. The archbishop-elect was born in New Orleans in 1949, he was ordained a priest in 1975 and consecrated a bishop in 1997. (VIS)

I have more to add, but it will have to wait until after lunchtime today.

update: Anyone have speculation as to who will replace Aymond in Austin?