Pope Benedict appoints American priest to oversee liturgy (Fr. Agustine Di Noia O.P.)

cna ^ | June 16, 2009

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

"appointment of a native English speaker will prove to be valuable" /"was born in New York City in 1943"

They might want to sort those two out.

[Salvation]

I was just going to post about Oregon City being the first Diocese in the Western United States.

Good additional information, thanks.

[Salvation]

I will post this on the Catholic Word of the Day for tomorrow since it came up here. Sneak peek!

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TITULAR SEES

Some two thousand ancient Catholic dioceses and archdioceses whose titles are now given to those bishops who do not occupy residential sees, e.g., auxiliary or coadjutor bishops, vicars apostolic, and officials of the Roman Curia. Most of these sees are in Asia Minor, North Africa, the Balkans, and Greece. After the Moslems had destroyed the Church in these lands, the extinct dioceses were called sees "in the lands of the infidels." But in 1882, Pope Leo XIII changed the title to "titular sees."

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

[markomalley]

A titular see is a flock-less see employed by popes to provide a canonical basis for episcopal ordinations for Vatican curia.

Also it's done for Auxiliary Bishops as well. For example in my diocese, Bishop Gonzales is the Titular Bishop of Lamphua, Bishop Holley is the Titular Bishop of Rusibisir, and Bishop Knestout is the Titular Bishop of Leavenworth (suppressed as a geographic See in 1947 and restored as a titular see in 1995).