Friday, June 11, 2010

Callahan promoted to La Crosse

Pope Benedict XVI Appoints Bishop Callahan 10th Bishop of La Crosse our Archdiocese of Milwaukee announced.
On October 30, 2007, Bishop-designate Callahan was appointed auxiliary bishop of Milwaukee. He was the first Conventual Franciscan to be named a bishop in the United States.
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On April 20, 2009, the College of Consultors elected him to serve as the administrator of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee until Archbishop-designate Listecki was installed as archbishop of Milwaukee on January 4, 2010.
(via Annysa Johnson at JSOnline)

Update: Brian Olszewski reports at the Milwaukee Catholic Herald.
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12 comments:

  1. Dad299:55 AM

    No surprise at all.

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  2. Dave12:23 PM

    Since Sklba's set to retire this year, I'm wondering if we'll be back to one auxiliary, or if we'll get two again. My money's on Fr. Don Hying and/or Fr. Paul Hartmann.

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  3. Terrence Berres12:33 PM

    Now you have me wondering if there's a betting line this time.

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  4. Anonymous11:31 PM

    I would think they almost have to pick a hispanic aux. though Fr. Hying or Fr. Hartmann would both be good. Also Msgr. Kevin Holmes in Madison would be good.

    I hope we get to have two aux.'s but with the constant decline in Catholic numbers here, I don't know if we will...

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  5. Dave7:45 AM

    Fr. Hying speaks Spanish, which would be a point in his favor.

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  6. Anonymous4:01 PM

    Fr. Hartmann is a close to Weakland. Ugh!

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  7. Anonymous1:21 AM

    Anon above me, you don't know what you are talking about, Fr. Hartmann is top notch

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  8. Terrence Berres7:56 AM

    Depends on whether "a close to Weakland" is a typo.

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  9. Anonymous10:20 PM

    Terrence....it is not a typo....Weakland would NEVER have sent him for graduate studies if he could not have trusted him. And Anonymous, I know very well what i am talking about. The last thing Milwaukee needs is another associate of Weakland being made a bishop!

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  10. Terrence Berres8:57 AM

    Anonymous 10:20 PM:

    Then you believe he was close to Weakland and so likely wouldn't be a close to Weakland.

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  11. Badger Catholic2:35 PM

    Msgr. Richard Gilles of the Diocese of La Crosse is a possible candidate. Now that'd be enough shuffling to make me dizzy.

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  12. Dave3:07 PM

    Anonymous:

    Bp. Joseph Perry worked in the chancery as well, and is certainly no Weakland clone. There's a reason why Chicago has him, and we don't. Same with Fr. Hartmann. He's not a Weakland clone. In fact,FWIW, Dad29 seems to have a favorable impression of him.

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