Posted on 03/06/2007 6:27:52 AM PST by NYer
-are these conservative types? my bishop is pretty liberal....
I believe they said on the radio that Farrell is fluent in French and Spanish. I was quite amazed at the event a couple of Sundays ago, were we got to meet Bishop Van, at how fluent in Spanish the Bishop, Deacons and other Diocese staff are. So I guess a requirement now for Fort Worth and Dallas the Bishop has to be fluent in Spanish?
Heck Grahmin only spoke gibberish and that was to protect his own backside. He chose child molesters over the children.
It all seems to be very good news!
Amy Wellborn blog sez two "good'uns"! The comments to the blog are highly complimentary. A Texas friend went into jubilation mode last night.
Ah, bishops...
Dallas and Lake Charles:
(This is the news on the Vatican website, only in Italian for now)
Dallas, your new bishop is Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, auxiliary bishop of Washington, D.C., Here's his info Born in Ireland:
He entered the novitiate of the Legionnaires of Christ in 1966 and received an M.A. in Philosophy and an S.T.L. in Theology after studies in Rome. (No longer an LC. His brother, BIshop Brian Farrell, LC. is still a Legionary and is Secretary of the Ponitifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.)
After being ordained to the priesthood in Rome on December 24, 1978, then-Father Farrell was assigned to be the chaplain for the University of Monterrey in Mexico. While there, he conducted seminars in bioethics and social ethics.
Bishop Farrell first visited the United States in 1967 while raising funds for the missions of Latin America through the Propagation of the Faith. His first assignment in the Archdiocese of Washington was as associate pastor at St. Peter, Olney in 1984. He then served at St. Bartholomew in Bethesda and St. Thomas the Apostle in Washington, DC.
In 1986, he was chosen by Cardinal James A. Hickey to be the director of the Spanish Catholic Center, an agency of the Archdiocese of Washington that primarily serves the Hispanic community and new immigrants through legal assistance, education, employment assistance and health care. In 1987, Bishop Farrell also became assistant executive director of Catholic Charities and then was named the interim director in 1988.
From 1989 to March 2001, he served as Secretary of Finance for the Archdiocese of Washington. He was named a Prelate of Honor, with the title of Monsignor, in 1995 by Pope John Paul II.
From October 2000 to March 2002, he was pastor of Annunciation parish in Northwest Washington, DC. Since March 2001, he has served as vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Archdiocese of Washington. He was ordained an auxiliary bishop in Washington, DC on February 11, 2002.
Bishop Farrell serves on the board of directors of CLINIC (Catholic Legal Immigration Network) and is a member of several committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, including Consecrated Life, Migration and Hispanic Affairs.
Lake Charles, your new bishop is Monsignor Glen John Provost of the Diocese of Lafayette:
Pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Parish. Born in 1949, studied at St. Joseph's College in St. Benedict, LA and the PNAC, ordained in 1975 at St. Peter's Basilica, and has spent the years since in pastoral ministry in the Diocese of Lafayette.
-it will be good news if they lead their flocks to the Lord's feet.....not lead them to stray. I pray the Pope picked wisely.
Bishop Farrell's credentials are impressive, his experience varied. Would you say he is an example of those who Pope Benedict believes are best suited for service to the Church?
I would say it is very interesting that he was once part of the LC and that his brother is still in the LC and has a high office in the Curia.
I have a regard for the Legionaries and know some excellent priests who are in the LC. I think the charism got too much into a "cult" of personality over its founder and that is now curtailed.
That said, I hope that with the new Papal Nuncio getting input, Pope Benedict will be searching for men who reflect his views. I find it interesting that the Bishop for Louisiana is described in the comments as "very orthodox." Haven't heard that slung around for a while. And the Bishops going to the South of late (namely, the Carolinas, for example) are top notch.
Seeing LA really got my hopes up - until I saw the clarification! LOL!
That's good to know. I have complete faith in Pope Benedict, so I look forward to good things happening.
I will note that Bishop Farrell was initially consecrated an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Washington under [the FR Catholic Caucus-hated] Theodore Cardinal McCarrick.
He was personally selected for the job by Cardinal McCarrick.
Looks interesting. Dallas certainly deserves a break!
The only reason I can think of is that there's a fairly active SSPX group there, and he may be worried about brand identification or something.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/030607dnmetbishop.2159e81c.html
I saw this link yesterday on Whispers in the Loggia. You may know more about the Archdiocese of D.C. than me. However, this article states that Cardinal Hickey brought him to D.C. initially. Am I wrong in saying Cardinal Hickey was/is a revered and very holy man? I had heard much good about him from some old friends. I thought this fact spoke well of the new Bishop--that he was a friend of Cardinal Hickey.
BTW, has Hickey passed on?
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I am not sure. I know Mrs. Tax knows more about the Charlotte situation. I do know that Bishop Burbidge of Raleigh is from the Rigali school and has celebrated the Tridentine Mass.
I think we must wait for the Motu Proprio to see how that shakes things up nationwide.
Lord willing!
Dear Frank Sheed,
It may have been Cardinal Hickey who brought him to Washington, but it is Cardinal McCarrick who appointed him as auxiliary bishop.
"Am I wrong in saying Cardinal Hickey was/is a revered and very holy man?"
I didn't know Cardinal Hickey personally.
My own impression of him was that he was an orthodox bishop.
As he is deceased, I think that I'll keep my comments to that.
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I have no idea, as it had not occurred to me to look for a Latin Mass.
I wonder if Bishop Curlin had some objection to the Tridentine Mass, and Bishop Jugis doesn't want to seem to disrespect his predecessor, who is still very active in the Diocese. Just a guess, based on no information other than Bishop Curlin's failure to rein in some pretty loopy priests.
"Can you explain why the bishop in Charlotte, though otherwise very conservative and orthodox, will not allow a Latin Mass in his diocese?"
Any bishop who does not allow a Latin Mass should automatically be suspect. There can be no good reason to forbid the traditions of our faith.
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