A Penitent Blogger

Mindful of my imperfections, seeking to know Truth more deeply and to live Love more fully.

Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? Quem patronum rogaturus? Cum vix iustus sit securus?
Recordare, Iesu pie, Quod sum causa tuae viae: Ne me perdas illa die...

Thursday, October 12, 2006

New Bishops

Today the Holy Father...

  • "Appointed Bishop Martin J. Amos, auxiliary of the diocese of Cleveland,
    U.S.A., as bishop of Davenport (Iowa)... U.S.A. He succeeds Bishop William Edwin Franklin, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese, the Holy Father accepted, upon having reached the age limit.
  • "Accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the archdiocese of Boston, presented by Bishop John P. Boles, upon having reached the age limit.
  • "Appointed Fr. John A. Dooher of the clergy of the archdiocese of Boston,
    U.S.A., pastor of the parish of St. Mary in Dedham, and Fr. Robert F. Hennessey of the clergy of the archdiocese of Boston, pastor of the parish of the Most Holy Redeemer in East Boston, as auxiliaries of the archdiocese of Boston...

    Bishop-elect Dooher was born in Dorchester in 1943 and ordained a priest in 1969.

    Bishop-elect Hennessey was born in Boston in 1952 and ordained a priest in 1978. "

(Source: Vatican Information Service)