Catholic Word of the Day: TERNA, 04-03-14

CCDictionary ^ | 04-03-14 | from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary

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TERNA

 

A list of three names submitted to the Holy See as candidates for a particular episcopal see; or a similar list given to the superior general of a religious institute for appointment or approval as provincial. the term always includes reasons pro and con for each of the recommended candidates. (Etym. Latin terni, three each; from ter, thrice.)

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My question -- Who submits these names?

Is this how we got Bernardin's Boys and Jadot's Jots?

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“Is this how we got Bernardin’s Boys and Jadot’s Jots?”

Yes, it is. I read years ago that the Papal Nuncio in the US submits names to the Vatican for confirmation as Bishops and Archbishops, and that the nuncio was for years a sodomite, a modernist, and probably an atheist.

Can’t remember his name. Maybe somebody else will.