Wednesday, January 25, 2006
THE NEW CROP OF BISHOPS
Am I seeing something new and innovative here? Are the newly appointed bishops really not part of the "old boy" network we just assume is the road to a diocese?
This new bishop is obviously smart, and looks to be a scholar. I'm counting on that being an indication that he will be interested in thinking with the mind of the Church...the whole Church, starting back at Pentecost, and not at Vatican II.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - What do you say to Pope Benedict XVI's right-hand man in the United States when he surprises you with a promotion?
Bishop Gorman High School graduate Alexander Sample's first response was ''Oh, no.'' He followed that up with ''I'm too young.''
Since that mid-December phone call from former Papal Nuncio Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, the 45-year-old priest has learned that his reaction was more on target than he realized. When Sample is ordained today as the 12th bishop of the Diocese of Marquette in Michigan, he will be the youngest Roman Catholic bishop in the United States.
''I was quite stunned when I got that phone call,'' said Sample, who attended St. Ann Catholic School in Las Vegas before going to Bishop Gorman. ''You don't prepare yourself for a phone call like that.''
Continue reading...
