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Updated: *153* Bishops (Over 80% of Dioceses) Have Spoken Out Against Obama/HHS Mandate
CatholicVote.org ^
| February 2012
| compiled by Ed Peters
Posted on 02/05/2012 9:00:00 PM PST by Salvation
Updated: *153* Bishops (Over 80% of Dioceses) Have Spoken Out Against Obama/HHS Mandate
In the past Ive compiled a list of all the bishops speaking out on a particular controversial issue (for instance, over Notre Dames invitation to President Obama) here are the bishops who have spoken out against the Obama/HHS mandate.
[See my ongoing coverage of Obama/HHS's war against religious liberty here, here, here and most recently here. I'm also tweeting more updates @AmericanPapist.]
If I have missed anyone please let me know in the comments! And please double-check that your bishop really is not there before posting. The list is not in any particular order at this point.
Items in bold mean the statement was read at all diocesan Masses or included in all parish bulletins on Sunday:
- Roger Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles, CA (Emeritus)
- 1. Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan of New York City, NY
- 2. Bishop Joe Vasquez of Austin, TX
- 3. Archbishop Robert Carlson of St. Louis, MO
- 4. Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix, AZ
- 5. Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit, MI
- 6. Archbishop John Nienstedt of Saint Paul & Minneapolis, MN
- 7. Bishop David Ricken of Green Bay, WI
- 8. Bishop Paul Etienne of Cheyenne, WY
- 9. Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, CT
- 10. Bishop Thomas Doran of Rockford, IL
- 11. Cardinal-designate Edwin OBrien of Baltimore, MD
- 12. Bishop Felipe Estevez of Saint Augustine, FL
- 13. Bishop James Conley of Denver, CO
- 14. Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria, IL
- 15. Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh, PA (Twice!)
- 16. Bishop Walker Nickless of Sioux City, IA
- 17. Bishop Paul Loverde of Arlington, VA
- 18. Archbishop Jerome Listecki of Milwaukee, WI
- 29. Bishop Kevin Vann of Fort Worth, TX
- 20. Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas, TX
- 21. Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati, OH
- 22. Bishop William Medley of Owensboro, KY
- 23. Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta, GA
- 24. Bishop Peter Libasci of Manchester, NH
- 25. Bishop Frederick Campbell of Columbus, OH
- 26. Bishop Richard Malone of Portland, ME
- 27. Bishop Anthony Taylor of Little Rock, AR
- 28. Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, OK
- 29. Bishop Patrick McGrath of San Jose, CA
- 30. Bishop Joseph Bambera of Scranton, PA
- 31. Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, FL (also apostolic administrator of Pensacola-Tallahasee, FL)
- 32. Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angelas, CA
- 33. Daniel Cardinal DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, TX
- 34. Bishop Leonard Blair of Toledo, OH
- 35. Donald Cardinal Wuerl of Washington, DC
- 36. Bishop Patrick Zurek of Amarillo, TX
- 37. Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, IN
- 38. Bishop William Callahan of La Crosse, WI
- 39. Archbishop John Myers of Newark, NJ
- 40. Bishop Bernard Hebda of Gaylord, MI
- 41. Bishop David OConnell of Trenton, NJ
- 42. Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln, NE
- 43. Bishop Michael Mulvey of Corpus Christi, TX
- 44. Archbishop Timothy Broglio of Military Services, USA
- 45. Sean Cardinal OMalley of Boston, MA
- 46. Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison, WI
- 47. Bishop Richard Lennon of Cleveland, OH
- 48. Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans, LA
- 49. Bishop Alexander Sample of Marquette, MI
- 50. Bishop Michael Burbidge of Raleigh, NC
- 51. Bishop Walter Hurley of Grand Rapids, MI
- 52. Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, IL
- 53. Bishop Francis Malooly of Wilmington, DE
- 54. Bishop Peter Jugis of Charlotte, NC
- 55. Bishop Francis DiLorenzo of Richmond, VA
- 56. Archbishop Roger Schwietz of Anchorage, AK
- 57. Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo, ND
- 58. Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tuscon, AZ
- 59. Bishop Robert Muench of Baton Rouge, LA
- 60. Bishop Sam Jacobs of Houma-Thibodaux, LA
- 61. Bishop Michael Jarrell of Lafayette, LA
- 62. Bishop Ronald Herzog of Alexandria, LA
- 63. Bishop Glen Provost of Lake Charles, LA
- 64. Bishop Michael Duca of Shreveport, LA
- 65. Bishop Dale Melczek of Gary, IN
- 66. Bishop Michael Jackels of Wichita, KS
- 67. Bishop Peter Christensen of Superior, WI
- 68. Bishop John Noonan of Orlando, FL
- 69. Bishop Gregory Hartmayer of Savannah, GA
- 70. Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento, CA
- 71. Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia, PA
- 72. Bishop Michael Driscoll of Boise, ID
- 73. Bishop Robert Cunningham of Syracuse, NY
- 74. Bishop David Kagan of Bismarck, ND
- 75. Bishop Paul Bradley of Kalamazoo, MI
- 76. Bishop Placido Rodriguez of Lubbock, TX
- 77. Archbishop John Vlazny of Portland, OR
- 78. Bishop Joseph McFadden of Harrisburg, PA
- 79. Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Center, NY
- 80. Bishop Michael Sheridan of Colorado Springs, CO
- 81. Bishop Timothy McDonnell of Springfield, MA
- 82. Bishop Robert Lynch of St. Petersburg, FL
- 83. Archbishop Henry Mansell of Hartford, CT
- 84. Archbishop Michael Sheehan of Santa Fe, NM
- 85. Bishop Robert Gruss of Rapid City, SD
- 86. Bishop Gerald Barbarito of Palm Beach, FL
- 87. Bishop Michael Cote of Norwich, CT
- 88. Bishop Edward Kmiec of Buffalo, NY
- 89. Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, KS
- 90. Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, KY
- 91. Bishop Roger Foys of Covington, KY
- 92. Bishop John LeVoir of New Ulm, MN
- 93. Bishop Gerald Barnes of San Bernadino, CA
- 94. Bishop Terry LaValley of Ogdensburg, NY
- 95. Bishop Salvatore Matano of Burlington, VT
- 96. Archbishop Peter Sartain of Seattle, WA
- 97. Bishop Martin Amos of Davenport, IA
- 98. Archbishop George Lucas of Omaha, NE
- 99. Bishop Edward Burns of Juneau, AK
- 100. Bishop John Quinn on Winona, MN
- 101. Bishop Joseph Cistone of Saginaw, MI
- 102. Bishop John Gaydos of Jefferson City, MO
- 103. Bishop Daniel Conlon of Joliet, IL
- 104. Bishop Robert Guglielmone of Charleston, SC
- 105. Bishop Frank Dewane of Venice, FL
- 106. Bishop Richard Pates of Des Moines, IA
- 107. Bishop Robert McManus of Worcester, MA
- 108. Bishop James Tamayo of Laredo, TX
- 109. Bishop John Kudrick, Eparchy of Parma, OH
- 110. Bishop John Barres of Allentown, PA
- 111. Bishop Ronald Gainer of Lexington, KY (better link needed)
- 112. Bishop Lawrence Brandt of Greensburg, PA
- 113. Bishop Joseph Tyson of Yakima, WA
- 114. Bishop Gerald Dino, Eparchy of Phoenix, AZ
- 115. Bishop George Murry of Youngstown, OH
- 116. Bishop Richard Seminack, Eparchy of Chicago, IL
- 117. Bishop Earl Boyea of Lansing, MI
- 118. Bishop Tod Brown of Orange, CA
- 119. Bishop James Johnston of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, MO
- 120. Bishop James Wall of Gallup, NM (better link needed)
- 121. Bishop Arthur Serratelli of Paterson, NJ
- 122. Bishop Matthew Clark of Rochester, NY
- 123. Bishop Fernando Isern of Pueblo, CO
- 124. Bishop Richard Stika of Knoxville, TN
- 125. Bishop Michael Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston, WV
- 126. Archbishop Jerome Hanus of Dubuque, IA
- 127. Bishop Robert Brom of San Diego, CA (forthcoming, I am told)
- 128. Bishop David Choby of Nashville, TN (forthcoming, I am told)
- 129. Bishop Armando Ochoa of Fresno, CA (also apostolic administrator of El Paso, TX)
- 130. Archbishop-elect William Skurla, Eparchy of Pittsburgh (better link needed)
- 131. Bishop Paul Swain of Sioux Falls, SD
- 132. Bishop Joseph Galante of Camden, NJ
- 133. Bishop George Coleman of Fall River, MA
- 134. Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio, TX
- Monsignor Kurt Kemo (apostolic administrator) of Steubenville, OH
- Father Barry Brinkman (apostolic administrator) of Salina, KS
- 135. Bishop Terry Steib of Memphis, TN
- Bishop William Skystad (apostolic administrator) of Baker, OR
- 136. Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, MO
- 137. Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, CA
- 138. Bishop George Thomas of Helena, MT (forthcoming)
- 139. Bishop Edward Braxton of Belleville, IL (forthcoming)
- 140. Bishop Timothy Doherty of Lafayette, IN
- 141. Bishop Michael Warfel of Great Falls-Billings, MT
- 142. Bishop Michael Pfeifer of San Angelo, TX
- Edward Cardinal Egan of New York City, NY (Emeritus)
- 143. Bishop William Dendinger of Grand Island, NE (forthcoming)
- 144. Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, RI
- 145. Bishop Curtis Guillory of Beaumont, TX (forthcoming)
- 146. Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville, TX
- 147. Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa, OK
- 148. Bishop Mark Bartchak of Altoona-Johnstown, PA
- 149. Bishop John Wester of Salt Lake City, ID
- 150. Bishop Joseph Pepe of Los Vegas, NV
- 151. Bishop Randolph Cavo of Reno, NV
- Bishop Alvaro Corrada (apostolic administrator) of Tyler, TX
- 152. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn, NY
- 153. Bishop Charles Thompson of Evansville, IN
SPECIAL MENTION: The Assembly of Orthodox Bishops in North America just issued a formal statement of protest against the HHS mandate in which the Assembly, representing all 53 Orthodox bishops in North America, references their complete agreement with the statements of the USCCB.
THANK YOU to everyone who has helped me build and correct this list.
NOTE: If you would like a statement by an Eastern Rite bishop to be included please send me the link/document or post it in the comments! Thank you. Im trying to provide documentation for all the bishops listed and Eastern Rite bishops have been harder for me to track down. Thank you for understanding!
UPDATE: Of the 183 dioceses (by my count) in the U.S. who have a bishop currently serving as its head, 155 of them have issued statements. So over 80% of bishops who head dioceses have spoken out against the Obama/HHS mandate.
TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: bishops; catholic; politics; prolife
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posted on
02/05/2012 9:00:13 PM PST
by
Salvation
To: All
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posted on
02/05/2012 9:03:44 PM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: nickcarraway; NYer; ELS; Pyro7480; livius; ArrogantBustard; Catholicguy; RobbyS; marshmallow; ...
3
posted on
02/05/2012 9:07:13 PM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
the great debate is, are libs stupid or evil.
I think this decision proves they are both.
End of discussion.
4
posted on
02/05/2012 9:08:02 PM PST
by
genghis
To: Salvation; VinceASA; NKP_Vet; Monkey Face; RIghtwardHo; pieces of time; Warthog-2; Tzar; ...
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Please ping me to note-worthy Pro-Life or Catholic threads, or other threads of general interest.
5
posted on
02/05/2012 9:10:12 PM PST
by
narses
To: genghis
Do you think this will be struck down by the Supreme Court of the United States?
I do.
6
posted on
02/05/2012 9:17:35 PM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
The “Catholics” should have thought about that when they overwhelmingly supported Obamacare and illegal aliens getting free obamacare when they crossed the border!
Now that the cats out of the bag, they want to act like they don't support it.
7
posted on
02/05/2012 9:22:21 PM PST
by
paratrooper82
(We are kicking Ass in Afghanistan, soon we will be home to kick some more Asses in Congress!)
To: paratrooper82
50 percent of Catholics (Catholics make up about 22 percent of the U.S. population.) approve of his presidency, down from 67 percent in his first six months in office.
DOWN 17 POINTS
among non-Catholic Christians, who make up 55 percent of the U.S. population, had fallen from 58 percent to 43 percent.
DOWN 15 POINTS
Mormon respondents, who represent about two percent of U.S. adults, fell from 43 percent to 26 percent
About 78 percent of Muslim respondents approved of the Obama presidency, down eight percentage points from when the question was first asked. (86)
DOWN 8 POINTS
atheists, agnostics, and members of other non-Christian religions, who comprise about 13 percent of the U.S. population -- While about 75 percent of these respondents approved of President Obama at the start of his term, their approval declined to about 64 percent.
DOWN 11 POINTS
Jews were the religious group third likeliest to approve of President Obama, giving him 61 percent approval. This too is a decline: in January-June 2009, their approval rating of the president was 77 percent.
DOWN 16 POINTS
Overall, 48 percent of Americans approve of President Obamas job, down from 63 percent in the first months of his presidency. Gallup claims that its survey of over 276,000 adults claims an overall margin of error of plus or minus one percent.
8
posted on
02/05/2012 9:26:41 PM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: narses
What an absolutely despicable scene to behold in this editorial ‘toon.
9
posted on
02/05/2012 9:26:54 PM PST
by
miele man
To: paratrooper82
10
posted on
02/05/2012 9:28:13 PM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
Oops, that should have been Thomas Peters.
11
posted on
02/05/2012 9:30:49 PM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
80% oppose it.
Well that explains why the Democrats created Catholics for ObamaCare or whatever and the new meme from Pelosi that Catholics favor the mandates.
It’s an age old tactic, who can we fool today?
12
posted on
02/05/2012 9:46:24 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: Salvation
The democrat fascist party will want the Catholic Justices to recuse themselves when it gets to the SC. While they don't want their recent pick to recuse because she worked on and for the Obamacare law she'll be ruling on, they will see religion as a reason for them to recuse.
JMHO
13
posted on
02/05/2012 9:51:16 PM PST
by
Rashputin
(Obama stark, raving, mad, and even his security people know it.)
To: Salvation
Other denominations and jews have also joined in. I hope NONE of them fold....they deserve a high 5....
To: Rashputin
Good point there on the SCOTUS.
15
posted on
02/05/2012 10:22:05 PM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
A perfect example of the phrase “Useful Idiot”.
16
posted on
02/05/2012 10:53:45 PM PST
by
rwoodward
("god, guns and more ammo")
To: Salvation
@
17
posted on
02/06/2012 12:16:43 AM PST
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: philman_36
Without including what percentage of the voting public each group constitutes that's a pretty worthless chart, really. In addition, it has no breakdown of what percentage of each group didn't vote in each election.
For example, the vast majority of Black folks count themselves as Fundamentalist Protestants according to the categories included in this chart yet the chart doesn't break out "White Evangelicals" v all Evangelicals. Just sayin'
18
posted on
02/06/2012 12:31:30 AM PST
by
Rashputin
(Obama stark, raving, mad, and even his security people know it.)
To: Salvation
Wow, Bishop Malooly of Wilmington, DE is on the list! This is Biden area and Malooly has refused confrontation with Biden and his heresies - until now. Let’s see if he has the cojones to confront and condemn Biden now.
However, I’m still waiting for him to lift the ban from 1976 on me.
19
posted on
02/06/2012 1:55:03 AM PST
by
NTHockey
(Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
To: Salvation
Bookmarked for later read..
20
posted on
02/06/2012 2:09:21 AM PST
by
Las Vegas Dave
(Vote O-bozo out, "he must be defeated!")
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