Seattle gets Two Aux. Bishops!

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Well the news came out today, the Seattle Archdiocies just got two Aux Bishops.

New Auxiliary Bishops for Seattle Named
Resignation of Brooklyn Auxiliary Accepted

VATICAN CITY, MAY 12, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI named two auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Seattle, and accepted the resignation of an auxiliary bishop in Brooklyn, announced the Vatican.

Father Joseph Tyson and Father Eusebio L. Elizondo were named the new auxiliary bishops of Seattle, and the resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Sullivan of Brooklyn, 75, was accepted, reported the Vatican press office today.

Joseph Tyson was born in Moses Lake, Washington, on Oct. 16, 1957.

He attended the University of Washington, where he earned degrees in communications and journalism, and in international studies. He completed his priestly formation at the Theological College, the national seminary of the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and was ordained a priest of the Seattle Archdiocese June 10, 1989.

In 1996 he was named pastor of St. Edward parish. The following year he accepted responsibility for St. George and St. Paul parishes in Seattle.

Eusebio Elizondo was born Aug. 8, 1954, at Victoria, Tamaulipas, in Mexico. He was in the novitiate of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit, in Mexico City, from 1972 to 1974. He completed studies in philosophy in Guadalajara, and theology at the Gregorian University, Rome, earning a degree in canon law.

After making his religious profession, he was ordained a priest Aug. 18, 1984, in Mexico City. He was assigned to the novitiate at Queretaro, Mexico, and in then in California, where he was rector of Theology.

In 1998 he became pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe parish, Oxnard, California, and in 2000 was named pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton parish in Bothell, Washington.

Joseph Sullivan was born March 23, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington, New York, and was ordained a priest of the Brooklyn Diocese June 2, 1956.

He was appointed and ordained auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn in 1980.
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I think that one of the reasons Seattle got two is because of a growing diverse Catholic population, ethnically speaking. Notice both of the new bishops have extensive language background. I know there’s more to it than that, but this is certainly part of it. Certainly other dioceses have the same “need” but have to suffice with one or no aux.
 
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Franze:
Are they orthodox or not?
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From what I know, Fr. Eusebio is pretty solid. I don’t know anything about Fr. Tyson.

I think Rome understands that, for reasons of practicality, Seattle needs bishops that the piests respect and can work with. Until Seattle’s presbyterate is cleaned out (due to age, retirements, etc) this is going to be a fact of life.

Positive change does not happen overnight, but the advantage we Catholics have is that we are able to think in terms of centuries and milennia, not just years and decades. In the end, and in spite of the big-tenters and dissenters, the Truth will reign supreme.
 
I have heard good things about both of the new Bishops. I have also heard that this is exactly what the Archbishop wanted.
 
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barnestormer:
From what I know, Fr. Eusebio is pretty solid. I don’t know anything about Fr. Tyson.

I think Rome understands that, for reasons of practicality, Seattle needs bishops that the piests respect and can work with. Until Seattle’s presbyterate is cleaned out (due to age, retirements, etc) this is going to be a fact of life.

Positive change does not happen overnight, but the advantage we Catholics have is that we are able to think in terms of centuries and milennia, not just years and decades. In the end, and in spite of the big-tenters and dissenters, the Truth will reign supreme.
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Well I hope the things will get better, thanks
 
Tyler Smedley:
I have heard good things about both of the new Bishops. I have also heard that this is exactly what the Archbishop wanted.
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Many of the archdiocese’s priests we consider “orthodox” have deep reservations about Fr. Tyson. I suppose we can take that however we choose, but we should assume that Rome knows what it is doing in these matters.
 
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barnestormer:
we should assume that Rome knows what it is doing in these matters.
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Every time I read some critical post from the more-orthodox-than-the-Pope folks, I think the same as what you just said.
 
Sometimes it isn’t orthodoxy (or lack thereof) that should be the concern, but orthopraxis. While I’ve yet to hear someone complain about Bishop-elect Tyson’s orthodoxy, his praxis is what fellow priests and others note as troublesome… not collegial enough, not building up the gifts of the community…

But who knows, if language was the major concern in selecting them, then ecclesiological acumen and praxis may not be a big issue…unless and until they become ordinaries.
 
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Protoclete:
Sometimes it isn’t orthodoxy (or lack thereof) that should be the concern, but orthopraxis.
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Very true. The model Vatican II priest (i.e., Vatican II properly understood through the Council’s documents and not some vague heresy-justifying “spirit of VII”) is both doctrinally sound AND pastorally approachable. Both are necessary, and one must not come at the expense of the other. I know priests who are doctrinally sound but crusty as dried bread and therefore quite difficult to deal with. And we all know about milquetoast priests who sacrifice all but vital organs to ensure likability.
 
It should not be surprising for an Archdiocese to have 2 or more Auxiliary Bishops.

Even a Diocese, if fairly large, can have 2 or more auxiliaries. The Dicoese of Brooklyn has 2 and the Diocese of Cleveland has 3!

The Chicago Archdiocese has 5 Auxiliary Bishops as does Boston and New York. But Los Angeles has 6!

What a Diocese or an Archdiocese can have is only 1 Co-Adjutor Bishop, if the Pope sees the need to appoint one.

It could be said that while the auxiliaries are bishops in training, a Co-Adjutor Bishop is a bishop in waiting!
 
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Amadeus:
Los Angeles has 6!
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I think Los Angeles has more auxiliary bishops than it has seminarians!

(ok, that was a cheap shot. I don’t know what LA’s numbers are these days, but in the recent past it wasn’t more than a handful)
 
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Amadeus:
Barnestormer:

Gotcha!

Based on their latest (2004) posting, the L.A. Archdiocese has MORE seminarians than auxiliary bishops! 😃
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…hence my qualifier. It was more of a post in jest as opposed to a factual statement.

It looks like the Holy Spirit is doing good things in LA in spite of Cardinal Mahony and his ilk.
 
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