US Bishop Change: Lincoln, Nebraska

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hwriggles4 said:
I like this “manliness”.

Seventy percent of registered Catholics attend Mass weekly in the Diocese of Lincoln.

I’m sure Conley will do a good job there, and keep many of Bruskewitz successful leadership in place. I met Bp. Conley last year in Denver when he gave the closing Mass at the National Catholic Singles’ Conference. I thanked him for coming, and he gave a solid homily.

Bp. Conley has been to Mount St. Mary’s in Emmittsburg, Maryland. Seminarians (now three priests) I met in the Lincoln diocese told me that Bruskewitz would only send the Theology division to two places - the Mount (Emmittsburg) and St. Charles Borromeo (Philadelphia).

While I wish Bruskewitz could have stayed longer (he’s in good health too), I wish the Vatican would look a little more at filling the other vacant sees (like Tyler, Texas who has been without a bishop for 14 months, and El Paso has been vacant for at least 9 months.) and taking a closer look at say, appointing a coadjutor for the Diocese of Albany (NY).

I was happy that a coadjutor was appointed this year for the Diocese of San Diego (CA), and I was elated that Bishop Clark’s resignation (Diocese of Rochester) and Bishop Brown’s resignation were accepted yesterday.

Another bishop I would have liked to have seen stay longer was Bishop Doran in Rockford, Illinois. At least two new bishop appointments came from Rockford, one going to Indiana (by the way, I think Indianapolis is still without an Archbishop). Bishop Doran, like Bruskewitz, is known for orthodoxy.

In Oklahoma, I hope Bishop Slattery of Tulsa gets to stay longer (he is close to 75), and Abp. Coakley of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is a seminary classmate of Bishop Conley.

I don’t know which priest will become the next bishop of Bridgeport (Connecticut) or Fort Worth (Texas). The Archdiocese for the Military Services could use another Auxillary Bishop (Bp. Estabrook passed away in February 2012).
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Placing a new bishop in one diocese doesn’t mean slowing down the process in another. All these vacancies are most likely being looked at concurrently. It takes time to get a list of candidates, vet them, narrow it down, etc., etc. We don’t notice the process as much when the bishop is retiring and thus still serves as bishop until his successor is named. But they’ve probably been going through the process for Lincoln for just as long as anywhere else.

14 months is about the average as of late. I’d say Tyler is due any time now. 🙂

It’s all highly individualized, too. It’s not like they have a pool of potential bishops that they simply draw from and put them whereever. They look at what the needs are of the particular diocese and start looking for individuals who would best fill that need.
 
Joe_5859 said:
14 months is about the average as of late. I’d say Tyler is due any time now. 🙂

It’s all highly individualized, too. It’s not like they have a pool of potential bishops that they simply draw from and put them whereever. They look at what the needs are of the particular diocese and start looking for individuals who would best fill that need.
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Joe et. al.:

I guess I spoke a week too soon. My parish priest announced that a new bishop was chosen yesterday for the Diocese of Tyler. Bishop Strickland sounds like a solid choice too. I read about Bishop Strickland tonight on Whispers in the Loggia.

Recently, I heard a rumor that an appointment for El Paso may be coming soon. The Diocese of El Paso has been vacant for at least 9 months.
 
hwriggles4 said:
Joe et. al.:

I guess I spoke a week too soon. My parish priest announced that a new bishop was chosen yesterday for the Diocese of Tyler. Bishop Strickland sounds like a solid choice too. I read about Bishop Strickland tonight on Whispers in the Loggia.

Recently, I heard a rumor that an appointment for El Paso may be coming soon. The Diocese of El Paso has been vacant for at least 9 months.
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Hey, I was right! It happens every once in a while. 😛

Congrats. It’s a joyous time. 👍
 
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