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To: ebb tide

I think it is a fairly recent development (1960s?) that all cardinals are bishops—in the past there were cardinal priests and cardinal deacons.

10 posted on 06/06/2015 6:22:43 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus

To: Verginius Rufus

Cardinal Avery Dulles was created a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II. He was never a bishop.

12 posted on 06/06/2015 6:31:21 PM PDT by ebb tide (Francis, "Who am I to judge?"; Alfred E. Neuman, "What? Me worry?")

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