You are probably correct in most cases. Or many of them.
He made no attempt to get control of the process, either.
There were people he could have consulted, all over the world, to identify holy, EFFECTIVE priests for the episcopacy. Didn’t do that, either. He let the Lavender Mafia control the process, as it does at the moment.
Bergoglio isn’t even waiting for the Lavender Mafia to select his candidates. He is reaching down into the presbyterate, all over the world but especially in the Spanish-speaking world, to raise “the worst priests he can find” to the episcopacy.
Yes, I see what you mean. Bergoglio is definitely a micro-manager. He’s also “pushed out” 6 or 7 bishops on strange pretexts. Line them up and something becomes apparent: they were all involved in the TLM.