Overview: XI (CA, HI, NV) & XII (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA)

Region XI (CA, HI, NV)

Los Angeles

Los Angeles is the metropolitan with five suffragan dioceses, namely: Fresno, Monterey, Orange, San Bernardino, and San Diego.

The ordinaries are: Archbishop Gómez (60), Bishop Ochoa (68), Bishop Garcia (64), Bishop Brown (75), Bishop Barnes (66), and Bishop Brom (73), respectively.

Los Angeles has six active auxiliaries: Bishops Clark (65), Curry (68), Salazar (62), Solis (58), Wilkerson (72), and Zavala (60).

Orange has two auxiliaries: Bishops Flores (63) and Mai Luong (71).

San Bernardino has one auxiliary: Bishop Del Riego Jáñez (71).

Bishop Brown past the normal retirement age last fall is likely to retire this year and have a replacement named.

Bishop Barnes will celebrate 20 years as a bishop in March. Also Bishops Wilkerson and Garcia will both celebrate 15 years as bishops in January 2013.

Bishops Clark, Solis, Zavala, and Barnes are all of an age and length of service that they might be considered for other roles.

Not this year, but within a few years after that, this province will likely see a number of retirements: Bishops Wilkerson, Mai Luong, Del Riego Jáñez, and Brom.

San Francisco

San Francisco is the metropolitan with nine suffragans, namely: Honolulu (HI), Las Vegas (NV), Oakland (CA), Reno (NV), Sacramento (CA), Salt Lake City (UT), San Jose (CA), Santa Rosa (CA), and Stockton (CA).

The ordinaries are, respectively: Archbishop Niederauer (75), Bishop Silva (62), Bishop Pepe (69), Bishop Cordileone (55), Bishop Calvo (61), Bishop Soto (56), Bishop Wester (61), Bishop McGrath (66), Bishop Vasa (60), and Bishop Blaire (70).

There are two auxiliaries in San Francisco: Bishops Justice (69) and McElroy (57). Another auxiliary is in San Jose: Bishop Daly (51).

Bishop Cordileone celebrates 10 years as a bishop in August.

Bishops Silva, Calvo, and McGrath are at an age and length of service where they might be considered for other roles.

Archbishop Niederauer reached the normal retirement age last Summer. His retirement and the naming of a replacement is likely this year.

Region XII (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA)

Anchorage

The province is composed of the Archdiocese of Anchorage and its two suffragans Fairbanks and Juneau.

The ordinaries are Archbishop Schwietz (71), Bishop Kettler (67), and Bishop Burns (54), respectively.

There are no auxiliaries.

Bishop Kettler will celebrate 10 years as a bishop in August.

It seems unlikely that there will be any changes in the next year or two with the possible exception of Bishop Kettler, who is at an age and length of service that makes him likely to be considered for other roles.

Portland (OR)

The metropolitan is Portland (OR) with its four suffragan dioceses: Baker (OR), Boise City (ID), Great Falls-Billings (MT), and Helena (MT).

The ordinaries are, respectively: Archbishop Vlazny (74), Vacant, Bishop Driscoll (72), Bishop Warfel (63), and Bishop Thomas (61).

Archbishop Vlazny reaches the normal retirement age in February and is likely to retire and have a replacement named this year.

The vacant diocese of Baker will also likely receive its new bishop this year.

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

Seattle

This province is composed of Seattle, the metropolitan, and its two suffragan dioceses: Spokane and Yakima.

The ordinaries are, respectively: Archbishop Sartain (59), Bishop Cupich (62), and Bishop Tyson (54).

There is one auxiliary in Seattle: Bishops Elizondo Almaguer (57).

No changes seem likely in the next couple of years with the possible exception of Bishop Elizondo Almaguer who is at an age and length of service that he might be considered for other roles.

Overview: XIII (AZ, CO, NM, UT, WY) & XIV (FL, GA, NC, SC)

Region XIII (AZ, CO, NM, UT, WY)

Denver

The province is composed of the metropolitan, Denver and three suffragan dioceses: Cheyenne (WY), Colorado Springs, and Pueblo.

The ordinaries of the suffragans are, respectively: Bishop Etienne (52), Bishop Sheridan (66), and Bishop Isern (53).

The only auxiliary is in Denver, Bishop Conley (56).

The archdiocese is vacant and will likely be filled this year.

Bishop Sheridan will celebrate 15 years as a bishop in September. He is at an age and length of service that makes him likely to be considered for other roles.

Santa Fe

Santa Fe is the metropolitan with four suffragan dioceses: Gallup (NM), Las Cruces (NM), Phoeniz (AZ), and Tucson (AZ).

The ordinaries are: Archbishop Sheehan (72), Bishop Wall (47), Bishop Ramirez (75), Bishop Olmsted (64), and Bishop Kicanas (70), respectively.

There is one auxiliary in Phoenix: Bishop Nevares (57).

Bishop Ramirez reached the normal retirement age last Fall. He is likely to retire and have his replacement named this year.

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

Region XIV (FL, GA, NC, SC)

Atlanta

This province has Atlanta as its metropolitan with Charleston (SC), Charlotte (NC), Raleigh (NC), and Savannah as its suffragans.

The ordinaries are Archbishop Gregory (64), Bishop Guglielmone (66), Bishop Jugis (54), Bishop Burbidge (54), and Bishop Hartmayer (60), respectively.

Atlanta has the only auxiliary bishop in the province, Bishop Zarama Pasqualetto (53).

Both Archbishop Gregory and Bishop Jugis are at an age and a length of service that makes it more likely that they'll be considered for other roles in the next few years.

Other than those two exceptions, no other changes appear to be likely in the coming year or two.

Miami

Miami is the metropolitan and it has six suffragan dioceses: Orlando, Palm Beach, Pensacola-Tallahassee, Saint Augustine, Saint Petersburg, and Venice.

The ordinaries are: Archbishop Wenski (61), Bishop Noonan (60), Bishop Barbarito (61), Vacant, Bishop Estévez (65), Bishop Lynch (70), and Bishop Deware (61), respectively.

The diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee is currently vacant and will likely be filled this year.

Archbish Wenski will celebrate 15 years as a bishop in September.

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

HP 8500 Printing Duplex, 2nd page is upside down

Okay, I thought I would post this here just in case it would help someone else in the future.

I had a document that I wanted to print double sided and then fold into a booklet. But every time I printed it, the back side was upside down.

My printer is an HP 8500.

Using previous printers, there would be an option for long-edge or short-edge binding - and that would fix it. But I couldn't find the option in the printer setup dialog for this printer.

The answer is:  on the right side toward the top is an little image of a piece of paper - click on it and it changes between long-edge and short-edge! (It shows you which one is currently selected in the image.)

Young people have a right to hear clearly the Church’s teaching

Young people have a right to hear clearly the Church’s teaching and, most importantly, to be inspired by the coherence and beauty of the Christian message, so that they in turn can instill in their peers a deep love of Christ and his Church.

This line is from today’s address by Pope Benedict XVI to a group of US Bishops (Regions I, II, and III) in Rome for their ad limina Apostolorum visits.

Eleven

So its 11:11:11 am on 11/11/11 ... and I can't think of anything to say ;-)

New Cardinals in 2012, but when?

Today, the College of Cardinals has 193 members, of which 112 are eligible to vote should a conclave become necessary.

By the end of 2011, that number drops to 110. At the end of 2012, it would be only 97 voting Cardinals.

Pope Benedict XVI has held 3 consistories to create cardinals so far: in March 2006, November 2007, and November 2010.

At the time of each, the number of electors was: 109, 103, and 101, respectively.

This strongly suggests that Pope Benedict's next creation of cardinals will take place next year. So the next question, is more precisely, when?

Of course, that is a decision of the Holy Father himself, but we can consider some of the factors that might influence the decision.

Toward the end of March (as in 2006) might be a good time. There would be 107 electors at that point, providing roughly 13 slots to fill. However, with the early Easter (8 April), this time frame seems unlikely.

But the early Easter does suggest another option: a date around Ascension or Pentecost (mid to late May). That time frame has 105 electors - leaving roughly 15 spots available.

After that are the summer months, but Pope Benedict, like so many Romans, usually escapes the heat and heads to the countryside.

October might be an option, but next year there will be many special events relating to the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Second Vatican Council.

Another option is the end of November (as in 2007 and 2010), at that point there would be only 98 electors - providing roughly 22 slots.

So with all that laid out, my suggestion of the most likely dates are 1) the weekend of 26/27 May (Pentecost) or 2) the weekend of 24/25 November (Christ the King). Of the two, the former seems the most likely.

The next question I leave to others for now, namely: who will be included?

10 Oldest Modern Popes

First, let me note that this analysis is based on only the last 74 Popes (from Pope Celestine V in the late 13th century through today).

Curiously the list of the 10 oldest includes at least one entry for each century covered (with the exception of the 13th, but only 6 years of that century were covered with this data).

Pope	Age	Year	Century
Leo XIII	93.4	1903	20th
John XXII	90	1334	14th
Gregory XII	90	1417	15th
Clement XII	87.8	1740	18th
Clement X	86.0	1676	17th
Pius IX	85.7	1878	19th
Innocent XII	85.5	1700	17th
John Paul II	84.9	2005	21st
Benedict XVI	84.2	(current)
Gregory XIII	83.3	1585	16th

Pope Benedict XVI is currently #9 on the list and will pass Pope John Paul II (#8) at the end of next February.

FYI, the full list can be found here.