I know the head of the CCD program. She was surprised to hear them announce to her while they were waiting to go over to the church for the Confirmation that they had all decided to take the name Stephen. There was no pressure from any of us. I didn't know about it until afterwards. And I was one of the organizers.
I find it hard to believe that they would spontaneously do this without first having heard others in the protest (you are an "organizer" right?) gripe about the situation in a non-Catholic like way. In addition, the head of the CCD program clearly has failed to properly catechize these students for them to abuse a sacrament in this way.
Yes, that is true but bishops are also held to account when it comes to Canon Law.
Not by lay Catholics they aren't. If you want to write a letter to the Vatican, fine. But you, as a lay person, are not authorized or qualified to "organize" dissent against the bishop just because you happen to think he is a "petty dictator".
You will see that we are not a liberal parish. We are in fact considered the most conservative large parish in the whole diocese.
Your actions in this case appear to be well beyond liberal. It doesn't matter what the average income is in your parish, organizing dissent against your bishop is nonproductive, immature, and probably sinful. As a former protestant, I will point out that you are not the first to treat the Church Christ founded in this way. Others before you have fomented dissent against Her and ultimately ended up starting their own denominations. I encourage you to closely examine what it you are doing and discern whether or not you really want to be (or still are) Catholic. I hope that you will back down and work constructively within the Church. Remember, the Reformation was lead by the political conservatives of the era, not the liberals.