Bishop-elect Callahan, 57 (born June 17, 1950), is a Conventual Franciscan of the St. Bonaventure Province in Chicago. A native of Chicago, Callahan has served in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee as associate pastor of the Basilica of St. Josaphat Parish, from 1977 to 1978, and, again, as rector and pastor of St. Josaphat Parish [stats D14 6th/14 52%], from 1994 to 2005. Callahan left the parish in 2005 and currently serves as Spiritual Director for the Pontifical North American College, the seminary for Americans, in Rome.
(via Charlotte was Both)
Update: He's a few months younger than Archbishop Dolan, who attended and was later Rector of the Pontifical North American College.
Extra! Cheri Mantz reports in our Milwaukee Catholic Herald, Auxiliary bishop named for Milwaukee Archdiocese.
The archbishop also applauded Bishop-elect Callahan's fund-raising work at the Basilica of St. Josaphat during his time as pastor, but stopped short of saying his gift for fundraising was the reason he was selected by the pope.
Did someone pay to have our Archbishop not say "stewardship" here? Might be a good fundraising idea.
Update 3: Tom Heinen reports in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Archdiocese gets a second auxiliary bishop
Dolan said in an interview Tuesday, moments before a news conference at St. Francis Seminary, that, among other things, he hopes Callahan eventually will serve as a kind of chief financial officer, easing some of the other two bishops' administrative duties.
Perhaps on the theory that the Marcoux settlement resulted from not having enough bishops involved in the decision. Nothing against Father Callahan, but I suspect public confidence in Archdiocesan finances would be enhanced more if the CFO was a lay person...recommended by Anne Gaylor.
Dolan said that Callahan will participate in teaching, governance and sanctification...
How about full-time? Are the results in any of those three better than in finance and administration?
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