Thursday, October 12, 2006
WHAT ABOUT BISHOP FRANKLIN ?
From the Akron Beacon Journal:
Bishop Martin J. Amos, auxiliary bishop to the southern portion of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, is being introduced this morning as the eighth bishop of the Davenport Diocese in Iowa.
Amos, who has led the more than 150,000 Catholics in Summit, Medina, Wayne and Ashland counties since 2001, is in Davenport for a morning news conference.
The announcement of his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI was made about 6 a.m. today by the Vatican.
Amos, 65, will be installed as bishop of the Iowa Diocese on Nov. 20.
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Bishop Franklin is mentioned near the end of the article, but there is no indication that he is retiring. Is he stepping down?
