[wideawake]

There are only 194 dioceses, so there is a chance that the three holdouts were emeritus.

But were I a betting man I'd guess the holdouts are Mahony, Gumbleton and another loser to be named later.

[Salvation]

I was thinking Pilla because at that time he was still a bishop.

Also the number of bishops seems out of whack but it really isn't since many dioceses have more than one bishop -- I know ours has an assistant bishop.

Here is a link to the U. S. Bishops:
http://www.usccb.org/dioceses.shtml

[NYer]

But were I a betting man I'd guess the holdouts are Mahony, Gumbleton and another loser to be named later.

I can name several candidates right off the top of my head.

While all of these rules and regulations are good, they cannot alter the mindset of a bishop. The bishops will continue to seek out candidates who share their 'vision' of the future, even at the risk of fewer seminarians. If anything, they will then use this as an excuse for installing LEMs to run parishes because of a 'priest shortage'. They will continue to turn away the more 'orthodox' candidates. It's truly sad and unfortunate. Things will only turnaround when these bishops retire.