Overview: VII (IL, IN, WI) & VIII (MN, ND, SD)

Region VII (IL, IN, WI)

Chicago

Chicago is the metropolitan of this province with five suffragan dioceses, namely: Belleville, Joliet, Peoria, Rockford, and Springfield.

The ordinaries are: Cardinal George (74), Bishop Braxton (66), Vacant, Bishop Jenky (63), Bishop Doran (74), and Bishop Paprocki (58), respectively.

Joliet is currently vacant but does have an auxiliary, Bishop Siegel (47).

The only other auxiliaries in the province are all in Chicago: Bishops Kane (68), Manz (65), Perry (62), and Rassas (68).

Although Cardinal George reaches the normal retirement age in almost exactly a year, it seems unlikely that he will retire immediately at that time.

Bishop Doran reaches the retirement age in February. He is likely to retire and have a replacement named this year.

Bishops Jenky, Kane, Manz, and Perry are all at an age and length of service where they may be considered for other roles. All except Bishop Jenky would have to be likely candidates for the vacant and soon-to-be-vacant dioceses.

Indianapolis

This province is composed of the metropolitan, Indianapolis, and its four suffragan dioceses: Evansville, Fort Wayne-South Bend, Gary, and Lafayette.

The ordinaries are, respectively: Archbishop Buechlein (72), Bishop Gettelfinger (75), Rhoades (53), Melczek (72), and Doherty (60).

There is one auxiliary in Indianapolis, Bishop Coyne (52).

Bishop Gettelfinger is likely to retire and have his replacement named this year, having reached the age limit a few months ago.

No other changes are likely until 2014 when both Archbishop Buechlein and Bishop melczek reach the normal retirement age.

Milwaukee

This province is composed of the metropolitan, Milwaukee, and four suffragan dioceses: Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison, and Superior.

The ordinaries are: Archbishop Listecki (61), Bishop Ricken (58), Bishop Callahan (60), Bishop Morlino (64), and Bishop Christensen (58), respectively.

There is one auxiliary in Green Bay, Bishop Morneau (72).

Bishop Morlino is at an age and length of service that makes him likely to be considered for other roles.

No other changes seem likely in the next year or two.

Region VIII (MN, ND, SD)

Saint Paul and Minneapolis

St. Paul and Minneapolis is the metropolitan with nine suffragan dioceses, namely: Bismarck (ND), Crookston (MN), Duluth (MN), Fargo (ND), New Ulm (MN), Rapid City (SD), St. Cloud (MN), Sioux Falls (SD), and Winona (MN).

The ordinaries are, respectively: Archbishop Nienstedt (63), Bishop Zipfel (75), Bishop Hoeppner (61), Bishop Sirba (50), Bishop LeVoir (64), Vacant, Bishop Kinney (73), Bishop Swain (67), and Bishop Quinn (65).

There is one auxiliary in St. Paul and Minneapolis: Bishop Piché (52).

Archbishop Nienstedt will celebrate 15 years as a bishop this year.

Bishop Aquila reaches the 10 year mark as a bishop as well.

Bishop Kinney will celebrate 35 years as a bishop this Fall.

Bishop Zipfel, having reached the normal retirement age last year, will likely retire and have his replacement named this year.

Rapid City is also likely to have its new bishop named soon.

Bishop Aquila is at an age and length of service that makes him likely to be considered for other roles.

Overview: V (AL, KY, LA, MS, TN) & VI (OH, MI)

Region V (AL, KY, LA, MS, TN)

Louisville

This province is composed of Louisville (KY), the metropolitan, and six suffragan dioceses: Covington (KY), Knoxville (TN), Lexington (KY), Memphis (TN), Nashville (TN), and Owensboro (KY).

The ordinaries are, respectively: Archbishop Kurtz (64), Bishop Foys (65), Bishop Stika (53), Bishop Gainer (63), Bishop Steib (70), Bishop Choby (64), and Bishop Medley (58).

Bishops Foys and Gainer are at an age and length of service that makes it likely for them to be considered for other roles.

No other changes seem likely in the next few years.

Mobile

Mobile is the metropolitan along with 3 suffragan dioceses, namely: Biloxi (MS), Birmingham (AL), and Jackson (MI).

The ordinaries are, respectively: Archbishop Rodi (61), Bishop Morin (69), Bishop Baker (66), and Bishop Latino (73).

Archbishop Rodi will celebrate 10 years as a bishop in July.

No changes seem likely until Bishop Latino reaches the normal retirement age in October 2012.

New Orleans

New Orleans is the metropolitan with six suffragan dioceses, namely: Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Houma-Thibodaux, Lafayette, Lake Charles, and Shreveport.

The ordinaries are, respectively: Archbishop Aymond (61), Bishop Herzog (68), Bishop Muench (68), Bishop Jacobs (72), Bishop Jarrell (70), Bishop Provost (61), and Bishop Duca (58).

There is one auxiliary in New Orleans: Bishop Fabre (47).

Bishop Mench is at an age and length of service where he might be considered for other roles.

Overall, it seems unlikely this province will see any changes in the next year or two.

Region VI (OH, MI)

Cincinnati

Cincinnati is the metropolitan of the province with 5 suffragan dioceses: Cleveland, Columbus, Steubenville, Toledo, and Youngstown.

The ordinaries are, respectively: Archbishop Schnurr (62), Bishop Lennon (63), Bishop Campbell (67), Bishop Conlon (62), Bishop Blair (61), and Bishop Murry (62).

Cleveland has the only auxiliary: Bishop Gries (73).

Archbishop Schnurr celebrated 10 years as a bishop last week.

Both Bishops Conlon and Blair are at an age and length of service that makes them likely to be considered for other roles.

Detroit

The province has Detroit as the metropolitan and six suffragan dioceses, namely: Gaylord, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Marquette, and Saginaw.

The ordinaries are: Archbishop Vigneron (62), Bishop Hebda (51), Bishop Hurley (73), Bishop Bradley (65), Bishop Boyea (59), Bishop Sample (50), and Bishop Cistone (61), respectively.

Detroit has one auxiliary: Bishop Reiss (70).

Archbishop Vigneron will celebrate 15 years as a bishop this summer.

Other than the likely retirement of Bishop Hurley in mid-2012, no other changes appear likely in this province in the next few years.

Overview: III (NJ, PA) & IV (DC, DE, MD, VA, VI, WV)

Region III (NJ, PA)

Newark

This province is composed of the metropolitan, Newark, and its four suffragan dioceses: Camden, Metuchen, Paterson, and Trenton.

The ordinaries are: Archbishop Myers (69), Bishop Galante (72), Bishop Bootkoski (70), Bishop Serratelli (66), and Bishop O'Connell (55).

Newark has four auxiliaries, Bishops Cruz (57), da Cunha (53), Donato (70), and Flesey (68).

Archbishop Myers will celebrate 10 years in that role this summer.

Bishops da Cunha and Flesey are at an age and length of service where they would likely be considered for other roles.

Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the metropolitan with seven suffragan dioceses, namely: Allentown, Altoona-Johnstown, Erie, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, and Scranton.

The ordinaries are: Cardinal Rigali (75), Bishop Barres (50), Bishop Bartchak (56), Bishop Trautman (74), Bishop Brandt (71), Bishop McFadden (63), Bishop Zubik (61), and Bishop Bambera (54), respectively.

There are four auxiliaries, all in Philadephia: Bishops Fitzgerald (62), McIntyre (47), Senior (50), and Thomas (51).

Cardinal Rigali turned 75, the normal retirement age, last Spring. He may retire and have his replacement named this year, or it might wait until 2012 or even 2013.

Bishop Trautman reaches that age this summer, and will likely retire and have his replacement named this year.

Except for those, no other changes seem likely for this province in the next couple of years.

Region IV (DC, DE, MD, VA, VI, WV)

Baltimore

Baltimore is the metropolitan of this province with the suffragans of Arlington (VA), Richmond (VA), Wheeling-Charleston (WV), and Wilmington (DE).

The ordinaries are: Archbishop O'Brien (71), Bishop Loverde (70), Bishop DiLorenzo (68), Bishop Bransfield (67), and Bishop Malooly (67), respectively.

The province has two auxiliary bishops, both for Baltimore: Bishops Madden (70) and Rozanski (52).

No changes appear likely in this province in the coming year.

Washington

The metropolitan is Washington and it has one suffragan diocese: St Thomas.

The ordinaries are, respectively: Cardinal Wuerl (70) and Bishop Bevard (64).

Washington has three active auxiliaries: Bishops González Valer (71), Holley (56) and Knestout (48).

Bishop González Valer will celebrate 10 years as a bishop this year.

No changes seem likely this year.

Other

The military ordinariate for the USA is led by Archbishop Broglio (59) with four auxiliaries: Bishops Buckon (57), Estabrook (66), Higgins (66), and Spencer (59).

Archbishop Broglio will celebrate 10 years as a bishop this year.

No changes are likely in the next few years.

Overview: I (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) & II (NY)

Region I (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)

Boston

This province is composed of the metropolitan, Boston, plus its six suffragan dioceses: Burlington (VT), Fall River (MA), Manchester (NH), Portland (ME), Springfield (MA), and Worcester (MA).

The ordinaries are: Cardinal O'Malley (66), Bishop Matano (64), Bishop Coleman (71), Bishop McCormack (75), Bishop Malone (64), Bishop McDonnell (73), and Bishop McManus (59), respectively.

Manchester has one auxiliary: Bishop Christian (68). Boston has 5 active auxiliaries: Bishops Dooher (67), Edyvean (72), Hennessey (58), Kennedy (69) and Uglietto (59).

Bishop McCormack reached the normal retirement age mid-last year and is likely to retire and have a replacement named this year.

Bishop McDonnell is about 2 years from that retirement age.

Bishop Christian is at an age and length of service that he might be considered for other roles, but given his age, more likely this year than after that.

No other changes seem likely this year, but 2012 may be a different story with Bishops Malone and McManus reaching a length of service that makes them more likely to be considered for other roles.

Hartford

Hartford is the metropolitan with Bridgeport, Norwich, and Providence as its suffragans.

The ordinaries are: Archbishop Mansell (73), Bishop Lori (59), Bishop Cote (61), and Bishop Tobin (62), respectively.

Both Hartford and Providence have an auxiliary: Bishops Macaluso (65) and Evans (63), respectively.

Bishop Lori celebrates 10 years in this role last Sunday.

Given the ages and lengths of service of Bishops Macaluso, Lori, and Cote all are likely to be considered for other roles, including, perhaps, replacing Archbishop Mansell after he reaches the retirement age in Spring of 2012.

Region II (NY)

New York

The province is composed of New York, the metropolitan, and seven suffragan dioceses: Albany, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Ogdensburg, Rochester, Rockville Center, and Syracuse.

The ordinaries are: Archbishop Dolan (60), Bishop Hubbard (72), Bishop DiMarzio (66), Bishop Kmiec (74), Bishop LaValley (54), Bishop Clark (73), Bishop Murphy (70), and Bishop Cunningham (67), respectively.

New York has four active auxiliaries: Bishops Iriondo (72), Lagonegro (67), Sullivan (65), and Walsh (68).

Brooklyn has two auxiliaries: Bishops Caggiano (51) and Cisneros (65).

Buffalo has one auxiliary: Bishop Grosz (65).

Rockville Centre has three auxiliaries: Bishops Dunne (73), Libasci (59) and Walsh (73).

Bishop Kmiec reaches the normal retirement age in a few months, his retirement and the naming of a replacement is likely later this year.

Bishops Lagonegro and DiMarzio are both at an age and length of service that makes them likely to be considered for other roles.

2012 is likely to see 3 (Bishops Clark, Dunne, and Walsh) retirements, followed by another 2 (Bishops Iriondo and Hubbard) in 2013.

Archbishop Dolan and Bishops Iriondo and Lagonegro will all celebrate 10 years as bishops this year. Bishop Murphy will celebrate 10 years in his current role as well.

Predicting the Next Consistories to Create Cardinals

So the Consistory to create new cardinals in 2010 is now history. Its time to look ahead again and see if the next one (or three) can be predicted.

Lets take a quick look at the history of Pope Benedict XVI's cardinal creating consistories.

• 24 Mar 2006: Created 12 voting, 3 non-voting; before: 178 living, 109 voting
  
• 24 Nov 2007: Created 18 voting, 5 non-voting (plus 1 that died before the consistory); before: 178 living, 103 voting
  
• 20 Nov 2010: Created 20 voting, 4 non-voting; before: 179 living, 101 voting
  

In recent history, these consistories typically fall near (often the day before) a major feast. For Benedict, it has been the Annunciation of the Lord (2006) and Christ the King (2007, 2010). Pope John Paul II used Sts Peter & Paul (1979, 1988, 1991), Presentation of the Lord (1983), Pentecost (1985), Christ the King (1994), and the 25th Anniversary of his election to the papacy (2003).

So now for the serious guess-work. The numbers below assume no voting age cardinals die and that at each consistory the number of voting cardinals becomes 120.

Scenario A:

1. Corpus Christi, 2012 (10 Jun): 15 open voting slots
   
2. Christ the King, 2013 (24 Nov): 16 open voting slots
   
3. Christ the King, 2015 (22 Nov): 19 open voting slots
   

Scenario B:

1. Corpus Christi, 2012 (10 Jun): 15 open voting slots
   
2. Pentecost, 2014 (19 May): 21 open voting slots
   
3. Pentecost, 2016 (15 May): 20 open voting slots
   

Scenario C:

1. Christ the King, 2012 (25 Nov): 21 open voting slots
   
2. Pentecost, 2014 (19 May): 15 open voting slots
   
3. Pentecost, 2016 (15 May): 19 open voting slots
   

Scenario D:

1. Christ the King, 2012 (25 Nov): 21 open voting slots
   
2. Christ the King, 2014 (23 Nov): 21 open voting slots
   
3. Christ the King, 2016 (20 Nov): 21 open voting slots
   

I think that Scenario A is the most likely. Followed by C, B, and D. Of course, I could be wrong about all of them.

Pre-Pope John Paul II Bishops

With the year almost complete, its time to revisit the listing the pre-Pope John Paul II bishops. So here is a fresh list - with 6 fewer entries than the last.

So on to the question: How many active bishops were appointed to their current post before Pope John Paul II became Pope?

The answer is Twenty Five ordinaries and Three auxiliary bishops.

The ordinaries are: (Date of Appointment, Date of Birth, Name, Title)

• 24 Mar 1944, 12 Oct 1906, Bishop Francis Hong Yong-ho of P’yong-yang, Korea (North)
  (Originally named Vicar Apostolic, Elevated to Bishop on 10 Mar 1962)
  
• 23 May 1966, 12 Apr 1919, Archbishop Hovhannes Tcholakian of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
  
• 13 Apr 1973, 16 Jun 1936, Anthony Olubunmi Cardinal Okogie, Archbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
  (Elevated to Cardinal on 21 Oct 2003)
  
• 25 Jun 1973, 11 Dec 1936, Archbishop Nikólaos Fóscolos of Athenai {Athens}, Greece
  
• 26 Nov 1973, 7 May 1937, Bishop Nestorius Timanywa of Bukoba, Tanzania
  
• 1 May 1974, 15 Mar 1939, Archbishop Hanna Zora of Archbishop of Ahwaz (Chaldean), Iran
  
• 27 Jun 1974, 5 Dec 1936, Bishop Franghískos Papamanólis, O.F.M. Cap. of Syros e Milos and Santorini {Thira}, Greece
  
• 5 Oct 1974, 24 Jun 1938, Archbishop Felix Alaba Adeosin Job of Ibadan, Nigeria
  (Originally named Bishop, Elevated to Archbishop on 26 Mar 1994)
  
• 20 Nov 1975, 10 May 1942, Bishop Gilbert Guillaume Marie-Jean Aubry of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
  
• 4 Mar 1976, 25 Sep 1933, Bishop Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  
• 10 Apr 1976, 28 Apr 1933, Archbishop Petero Mataca of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
  
• 28 Oct 1976, 12 Feb 1936, Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis of Monrovia, Liberia
  (Originally named Vicar Apostolic, Elevated to Archbishop on 19 Dec 1981)
  
• 3 Dec 1976, 26 Nov 1936, Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves of Beira, Mozambique
  (Named Coadjutor 19 Dec 1975, Succeeded to the See on 3 Dec 1976, elevated to Archbishop on 4 Jun 1984)
  
• 1 Feb 1977, 31 Oct 1938, Bishop Howard James Hubbard of Albany, New York, USA
  
• 26 Feb 1977, 5 Aug 1937, Archbishop Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun, O.F.M. Cap. of Pontianak, Indonesia
  
• 26 Feb 1977, 13 Sep 1936, Bishop George Punnakottil of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabarese), India
  
• 26 Feb 1977, 25 Sep 1940, Bishop Jean-Claude Bouchard, O.M.I. of Pala, Chad
  
• 4 Mar 1977, 4 Dec 1934, Bishop Frederick D'Souza of Jhansi, India
  
• 30 May 1977, 20 Mar 1937, Bishop Anthony Lee Kok Hin of Miri, Malaysia
  
• 10 Nov 1977, 11 Sep 1929, Bishop Sebastian Koto Khoarai, O.M.I. of Mohale’s Hoek, Lesotho
  
• 27 Feb 1978, 23 Sep 1939, Bishop Armando Umberto Gianni, O.F.M. Cap. of Bouar, Central African Republic
  
• 27 Feb 1978, 5 Jul 1942, Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth of Kisumu, Kenya
  (Originally named Bishop, Elevated to Archbishop on 21 May 1990)
  
• 28 Feb 1978, 15 Aug 1937, Bishop Philip Sulumeti of Kakamega, Kenya
  
• 5 May 1978, 12 Jan 1939, Bishop Reinaldo Ernst E. (Heribert) Pünder of Coroatá, Maranho, Brazil
  
• 12 Sep 1978, 8 Jun 1936, Bishop Joseph Dao of Kayes, Mali
  

and the Auxiliaries:

• 20 Nov 1973, 10 Jan 1935, Bishop Pawel Socha, C.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland and Titular of Thunigaba
  (Original name of Diocese was Gorzów)
  
• 12 Jul 1975, 7 Sep 1930, Bishop Roland Aboujaoudé, Auxiliary of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon and Titular of Arca in Phoenicia dei Maroniti
  
• 28 Nov 1977, 25 Nov 1936, Bishop Kenneth Donald Steiner, Auxiliary of Portland in Oregon, USA and Titular of Avensa
  

Bishop Francis Hong Yong-ho was named by Pope Pius XII. Although he is still officially listed as "missing" it seems unlikely that he remains alive.

Bishop Joseph Dao was named by Pope John Paul I.

All of the others were named by Pope Paul VI.

You'll notice that many of them are at or near the retirement age. Before they do retire, let us take a moment to thank them for their many years of service!

View of Rome from the Dome of St. Peter′s Basilica

A panorama created from some photos that I took today from the Dome of St. Peter's Basilica.