From A-to-Z: Msgr, Luis Zarama named first Aux. Bishop of Atlanta in fifty years

A day late, but (hopefully) not a nickel short. From the Archdiocese of Atlanta, happy tidings that, for the first time in over 50 years, Atlanta will have an auxiliary bishop:

"Pope Benedict XVI has named Monsignor Luis Rafael Zarama, 50, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, to be auxiliary bishop of Atlanta.

.... The Atlanta Archdiocese has a population of 6,773,819 people, with 750,000, or 11 percent, of them Catholic."

The episcopal ordination will take place on Tuesday, Sep. 29th.

Yet another canon lawyer made a bishop. Seminarians - take note - if the bishop says he plans to have you study canon law, well, you best figure out what size miter fits you while you're at it. ;-)

Whispers has encyclopedic info on this story, from (A)tlanta to (Z)arama!