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Priests say they weren't consulted on new bishop (Bernardin protege causing a stir!)
St. Louis Post Dispatch ^ | 4/30/05 | Tim Townsend

Posted on 04/30/2005 8:21:18 PM PDT by BizzeeMom

On Valentine's Day, a dozen or so Belleville priests gathered to discuss what kind of bishop would best be suited to lead their diocese.

Belleville's former bishop, the Rev. Wilton Gregory, had been installed as the new archbishop of Atlanta just a month before.

The members of the Presbyterial Council had been asked by Cardinal Francis George of Chicago to assess three things: the qualities they would like in their next bishop, the current state of the Belleville diocese and the future needs of the diocese.

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TOPICS: Catholic
KEYWORDS: belleville; bernardin; braxton; burke; catholic; diocese; george; illinois; lavendermafia; rome; stlouis; vatican
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To: ninenot

Hey--Milwaukee's new Archbishop brought over a Louvain guy to head up vocations-director at the Seminary here.

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Dolan did that?


61 posted on 05/01/2005 7:23:07 PM PDT by BizzeeMom (Member TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary)
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To: ninenot
Oh, no.

I'll pray for you.

Hopefully that won't turn out to be as bad as it sounds.

62 posted on 05/01/2005 7:24:40 PM PDT by B Knotts (Viva il Papa!)
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To: patent
My take is that he is looking for a servent who will fetch him a glass of tea and run his various errands.

Thanks for the clarification. Based upon the comment above, "close relationship with the late Cardinal Bernardin" and other recent events, I thought perhaps he had something else in mind for the priest's duties. Glad to see I was drawing the wrong conclusion.

63 posted on 05/02/2005 12:13:33 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: BizzeeMom

Yup.

Apparently they were acquainted because Dolan ran the North American College for years.

BTW, if you look at the Board Membership of the Louvain, there are a bunch of termites there. It's also possible that Dolan "rescued" this guy from Louvain--i.e., the priest in question couldn't stand for the silliness undoubtedly espoused by some members of the Board.


64 posted on 05/02/2005 5:19:59 AM PDT by ninenot (Minister of Membership, TomasTorquemadaGentlemen'sClub)
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To: PAR35

I was thinking the same thing as you were.


65 posted on 05/02/2005 6:25:30 AM PDT by BizzeeMom (Member TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary)
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To: sinkspur

My pastor's of the opinion that George is now the kingmaker. Either way, we're better off.


66 posted on 05/02/2005 7:14:03 AM PDT by Romulus (Der Inn fließt in den Tiber.)
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To: Desdemona; royalcello
Seriously, Belleville isn't St. Louis

The bishop "over the water"? ;-)

67 posted on 05/02/2005 7:15:38 AM PDT by Romulus (Der Inn fließt in den Tiber.)
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To: sinkspur
Can you think of an occasion in the last 50 years in which a bishop of a Southern diocese was promoted to a "red hat see"?

Yes.

68 posted on 05/02/2005 7:19:23 AM PDT by Romulus (Der Inn fließt in den Tiber.)
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