New Bishop: Youngstown, OH, USA

[davidc2]

This morning Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop George Vance Murry, S.J. as Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA. The diocese had been vacant since Bishop Thomas Joseph Tobin was named Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island in March 2005. Bishop Murry had been serving as Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands.

 

[Dale_M]

March 2005? You guys have been waiting for awhile!

Here’s a bit more on Bishop Murry:

The 58-year-old Murry, a Jesuit, was serving as an auxiliary bishop in Chicago when he was transferred to St. Thomas as coadjutor bishop in 1998 and took over as head of the diocese the following year. He was born in Camden, N.J.

ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/16579625.htm

 

[Orogeny]

Wow, that’s a change of scenery! St. Thomas, USVI to Youngstown, OH.

Peace

Tim

 

[puzzleannie]

sunbelt to rustbelt, poor guy, I don’t know anything about him but I am glad my old diocese is now being taken care of. We lost a good bishop in Thomas Tobin, his regular columns of instruction on many topics in the diocesan newspaper are now collected in book form, I think by Our Sunday Visitor, and are very good teachings, notably for parents and catechists.

you guys, do click on the link, although it has very little info, but check out the google ads at the bottom, particularly “the pope’s cologne”

 

[John_Higgins]

Extra bonus, not only is Bishop Murry a Jesuit, he has a PhD. He also used to be an auxiliary in Chicago.

What a good deal, Youngstown!

John

 

[chicago]

Extra bonus, not only is Bishop Murry a Jesuit, he has a PhD. He also used to be an auxiliary in Chicago.

What a good deal, Youngstown!

John

Quit being sarcastic, John!

Seriously, someone ought to make a complete list of former Chicago priests and auxiliary bishops heading dioceses. There are quite a few.

 

[John_Higgins]

Courtesy of David C’s website, Catholic Hierarchy :

Here are the current bishops who were priests or bishops in the Archdiocese of Chicago:

Edward Kenneth Braxton, Bishop of Belleville, (Priest: 13 May 1970 to 28 Mar 1995)

Edward Michael Egan, Archbishop of New York, (Priest: 15 Dec 1957 to 1 Apr 1985)

Wilton Daniel Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta, (Priest: 9 May 1973; Auxiliary Bishop: 31 Oct 1983 to 29 Dec 1993)

James Patrick Keleher, Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, (Priest: 12 Apr 1958 to 23 Oct 1984)

Gerald Frederick Kicanas, Bishop of Tucson, (Priest: 27 Apr 1967; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 1995 to 30 Oct 2001)

Jerome Edward Listecki, Bishop of LaCrosse, (Priest: 14 May 1975; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Nov 2000 to 29 Dec 2004)

George Vance Murry, S.J., Bishop of Youngstown, (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 1995 to 5 May 1998)

Plácido Rodriguez, C.M.F., Bishop of Lubbock, (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Oct 1983 to 5 Apr 1994)

Edward James Slattery, Bishop of Tulsa, (Priest: 26 Apr 1966 to 11 Nov 1993)

John George Vlazny, Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, (Priest: 20 Dec 1961; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Oct 1983 to 19 May 1987)

John

 

[legeorge]

If anyone has any good info on this Bishop, I’m dying to know where he stands on a variety of issues. We have a wonderful Tridentine parish in this Diocese. I wonder how he feels about that. I’m also very pro-life and would like to know how supportive he is of that, homeschooling, how tough he is on Liturgical abuses and making sure parish priests aren’t going off the heretical deep end. All of concern in this area. If no one knows anything specific, I guess I’ll just have to wait and see!
But we sure are glad we finally have a new shepherd!! I can’t wait to meet him!!