Coadjutor Bishop Appointed to Fort Worth, TX

Catholic Hierarchy ^ | May 17, 2005 | Catholic Hierarchy

[Loyalist]

No release yet from VIS, but Msgr. Kevin W. Vann of Springfield, IL, has been appointed co-adjutor bishop of Fort Worth, TX, by Pope Benedict XVI.

[Loyalist]

There's a new sheriff in town.

[starfish923]

1. Why is Msgr. Kevin W. Vann of Springfield, IL, so important?

2. What is a co-adjutor bishop?

[Loyalist]

1. He's been appointed to our good deacon Sinkspur's diocese.

2. A coadjutor bishop has an immediate right of succession upon the retirement of the diocesan bishop. When the current diocesan of Fort Worth turns 75, Bishop Vann will succeed him right away.

[livius]

Sounds like BXVI is wasting no time!

Do you know anything about Bp. Vann? (Of course, I suspect he'd be an improvement no matter what.)

[NeoCaveman]

He's from a very beautiful parish church Blessed Sacrament in Springfield.Check out the building and artwork on the virtual tour. Also, they have frequent opportunities for Confession and perpetual Eucharistic adoration.

I only know all this from a google search.

[livius]

Certainly looks positive! Thanks for finding that.

[sinkspur]

This has been in the works. Everyone will be surprised that a Hispanic wasn't appointed, as Fort Worth's Catholic population is 60% Hispanic.

[starfish923]

1. He's been appointed to our good deacon Sinkspur's diocese.
2. A coadjutor bishop has an immediate right of succession upon the retirement of the diocesan bishop. When the current diocesan of Fort Worth turns 75, Bishop Vann will succeed him right away.

1. Thank you for the information.
2. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

[american colleen]

"Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., a Catholic, was taken aback when Monsignor Kevin Vann, the pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church in Springfield, Ill., told a newspaper that he would not want to give the senator Holy Communion because of his position upholding the law of the land on abortion rights."

:-)

[old and tired]

Do you know anything about Bp. Vann?

From one of his sermons prior to the presidential election:

"[A]bortion, euthanasia, stem cell research using embryonic cells are always intrinsically wrong. They are a direct assault on the God given gift of life. Certainly, to remain faithful to what we have believed, as a community of Faith that lives the law of the love of Christ we must clearly articulate compassion and care... so that these alternatives are not necessary. But this compassionate care and alternatives to abortion and euthanasia does not take away from the intrinsic wrong and evil of these actions, and the question of our participation and our cooperation in them by our various choices in public and private life."

Any man not afraid to speak the truth is alright in my book. But I don't know anything about the current bishop. What's wrong with him that there is so much rejoicing over this new appointment?

[sinkspur]

When the current diocesan of Fort Worth turns 75, Bishop Vann will succeed him right away.

It won't be that long. Delaney wants to retire, as he has terminal cancer and is not doing well.

[american colleen]

Diocese of Springfield in Illinois

Hispanic Ministry:
Monsignor Kevin W. Vann, Episcopal Contact (217) 528-7521

[old and tired]

Let's hope, then, this new bishop is fluent in Spanish.

[sinkspur]

But I don't know anything about the current bishop. What's wrong with him that there is so much rejoicing over this new appointment?

Nothing is theologically or spiritually wrong with Bishop Delaney. But he is ill, and wants to retire.

Vann will need to learn Spanish, if he doesn't speak the language already.

[old and tired]

Hispanic Ministry: Monsignor Kevin W. Vann, Episcopal Contact (217) 528-7521

Thanks for the info, colleen!

[Mark in the Old South]

Re: Line 1

Correction that is alleged "deacon"