Levada's successor to be appointed soon
SAN FRANCISCO GATE reports ...
Blaire and Niederauer have strong ties to the L.A. Archdiocese and Cardinal Roger M. Mahony.
A new archbishop of San Francisco is likely to be named by the end of the year, and insiders say three men have emerged as leading contenders.For what it's worth, the anonymous "insiders" are saying that the next archbishop of San Francisco could very likely be one of the following: Bishop Stephen Blaire of the Diocese of Stockton; Bishop Daniel Walsh of the Diocese of Santa Rosa; and Bishop George Niederauer of the Diocese of Salt Lake City.
Blaire and Niederauer have strong ties to the L.A. Archdiocese and Cardinal Roger M. Mahony.
posted by Quintero at 5:22 AM
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Lord, PLEASE have mercy on us!
Please allow us to have a HOLY and FAITHFUL and ORTHODOX new Archbishop. Is it asking too much?
Please, Lord, have pity.
Ave Maria!
Did you notice the website designer for the Dioceses of Santa Rosa and Stockton is Cardinal Mahony's own Eric Stoltz?
Benedict is smarter then that, he will not put people in with close ties to Cardinal Mahony.
JOSEPH D'HIPPOLITO SAYS...
Blaire and Niederauer have strong ties to the L.A. Archdiocese and Cardinal Roger M. Mahony.
Well, if that's true, then Benedict is part of the problem, as well. Or, if not him, then whoever is responsible for analyzing episcopal candidates for major sees (perhaps holdovers from the corrupt administration of JPII?)
Whoever it is, let's hope he's free on January 21!
http://www.walkforlifewc.com
I'll be there!
bobnd,
You must be part of the "Santo Subito" crowd. That's it, blame some liberal for JP2's liberal mistakes, and there were plenty of them. Oh, my gosh, the Cardinal of LA is one of his liberal mistakes. Who are you going to blame for him?
JOSEPH D'HIPPOLITO SAYS...
bobnd, anonymous is right. The buck *always* stops at the top, especially in a centralized, hierarchical governing system. Whomever JPII appointed to make the recommendation was ultimately responsible to the late pope -- who, in turn, was ultimately responsible for overseeing that individual.
Besides, when did Mahony move from being an "orthodox" bishop (if he ever was one; do you have evidence?) to "the idiot that he is now," and why did JPII allow this to happen?
JPII's well-earned and unfortunate reputation for mediocre (at best) oversight is one of the most damnable aspects of his papacy -- and I mean "damnable" in all its aspects.
JOSEPH D'HIPPOLITO SAYS...
bobnd, I ask for evidence and logic, and you offer platitudes. Obviously, people change. But do people Mahony's age generally change their fundamental values so radically over such a short period of time? And if he did while serving as the L.A. archbishop, why didn't JPII set him straight?
Now, you could say, "Well, then he'd have to set a lot of other bishops straight, wouldn't he?" That's a pope's job, my dear fellow!
No matter how you slice it, JPII is ultimately responsible before both God and the Church for the spat of liturgical, theological and moral revisionism (some of which he encouraged, cf, concerning capital punishment) afflicting the contemporary Church.
And, no, bobnd, I'm not a sedevacantist. I'm just fed up with Catholics hailing someone whom Hans Christian Andersen would describe as a naked pope.
This morning Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop George Hugh Niederauer as the new Archbishop of San Francisco, California. The archdiocese had been vacant since Archbishop William Joseph Levada was named Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in May. Archbishop-designate Niederauer had been serving as Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah.
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