Priests say they weren't consulted on new bishop (Bernardin protege causing a stir!)

St. Louis Post Dispatch ^ | 4/30/05 | Tim Townsend

[BizzeeMom]

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?

[B Knotts]

Oh, no.

I'll pray for you.

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

[PAR35]

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.

[ninenot]

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.

[BizzeeMom]

I was thinking the same thing as you were.

[Romulus]

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

[Romulus]

Seriously, Belleville isn't St. Louis

The bishop "over the water"? ;-)

[Romulus]

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.