[Desdemona]

Weakland is from an order? What order? And why are there orders running dioceses?

[Mike Fieschko]

Weakland is from an order? What order? And why are there orders running dioceses?

Weakland was abbot primate of the Benedictines before being made archbishop of Milwaukee.

There are many bishops running dioceses from orders.

Here in the United States, Jesuits and the O.M.I. come to mind.

[Salvation]

Weakland is from an order? What order?

I think Benedictine. Why was he running a doicese? Got me.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Weakland is from an order? What order? And why are there orders running dioceses?

My understanding is that he is a Benedictine from a group in Pennsylvania. Don't ask me how an "order" priest can run a Diocese. That is something decided by a higher order than I! LOL

In any case, it is also my understanding that the Benedictines in PA "don't have room for him to come back."

He made himself an apartment in the Seminary here (the now-defunct Minor Seminary) and intends to stay forever, it seems. I think this will be a real burden for the new Archbishop. He'll have the 25 year veteran second guessing him all the way. To save face, and for politeness sake, they'll always try to look like whatever they are doing has the blessing of FORMER Archbishop Weakland -- at least that's how it seems right now. In the mean time FORMER Archbishop Weakland's likeness is cast in bronze in his newly and expensively remodeled Cathedral. Graven images?