5
5Loaves
Guest
My parish has a new archbishop! Axios! May the Lord grant to His servant many blessed years!
Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of Oakland was just named to succeed Archbishop George. His installation as the ninth archbishop of San Francisco will be at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron of the archdiocese.
(In case this is confusing to anyone, we Russian Eastern Catholics no longer have a heirarch of our own Church. We are under Latin Church bishops, and our parish is under the SF Archbishop.) The Archdiocese of San Francisco has been very good to us during our recent major transitions. I’m so glad Archbishop George is finally getting his well earned retirement.
Bishop Salvatore has pretty solid friendships with a number of Eastern Catholics. He used to go out to Holy Resurrection Monastery when he and they were still in southern California. He’s good friends with Fr Tom Loya (Light of the East radio, pastor of Annunciation of the Mother of God Byzantine Catholic Parish) from their student time together in Rome. Abbot Nicholas and Fr Tom were here for Bishop Cordileone’s installation here in Oakland. During his three years as Bishop of Oakland I met him a number of times at various liturgies and social events in the Diocese. He was always very enthusiastic when I said I’m Eastern Catholic.
Prayers for him in a big job ahead, and for our Archbishop George for a long and healthy retirement. They’re both very orthodox priests, but with quite a different “vibe”. I’ve heard Fr Loya say a number of times when speaking of Bishop Salvatore, “A bishop is a guy with a bull’s eye on his back”. That’s for sure!
Although Bishop Salvatore was born in San Diego, his father was a native of San Francisco, and a fishermen.
Bishop “Sam” wasn’t long with Oakland Diocese, my physical home. So they’re now looking again for another change there. Prayers.
Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of Oakland was just named to succeed Archbishop George. His installation as the ninth archbishop of San Francisco will be at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron of the archdiocese.
(In case this is confusing to anyone, we Russian Eastern Catholics no longer have a heirarch of our own Church. We are under Latin Church bishops, and our parish is under the SF Archbishop.) The Archdiocese of San Francisco has been very good to us during our recent major transitions. I’m so glad Archbishop George is finally getting his well earned retirement.
Bishop Salvatore has pretty solid friendships with a number of Eastern Catholics. He used to go out to Holy Resurrection Monastery when he and they were still in southern California. He’s good friends with Fr Tom Loya (Light of the East radio, pastor of Annunciation of the Mother of God Byzantine Catholic Parish) from their student time together in Rome. Abbot Nicholas and Fr Tom were here for Bishop Cordileone’s installation here in Oakland. During his three years as Bishop of Oakland I met him a number of times at various liturgies and social events in the Diocese. He was always very enthusiastic when I said I’m Eastern Catholic.
Prayers for him in a big job ahead, and for our Archbishop George for a long and healthy retirement. They’re both very orthodox priests, but with quite a different “vibe”. I’ve heard Fr Loya say a number of times when speaking of Bishop Salvatore, “A bishop is a guy with a bull’s eye on his back”. That’s for sure!
Although Bishop Salvatore was born in San Diego, his father was a native of San Francisco, and a fishermen.
Bishop “Sam” wasn’t long with Oakland Diocese, my physical home. So they’re now looking again for another change there. Prayers.
