Will a NY bishop be packing his bags?
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- August
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The Catholic bishop of Scranton, Pa., has taken early retirement and a rumor is afloat that Bishop Dennis Sullivan, vicar general of the Arch of NY, will replace him.
“Scrantonpriest,” an anonymous poster on the blog Rockin’ Traddy, writes: “Very reliable clerical sources indicate that Bishop Dennis Sullivan, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of New York has been chosen by the Pope to succeed Bishop Martino. Sullivan’s appointment will be made known next week and he will take possession of the diocese in two months time.”
We’ll see. I’m told Sullivan is on vacation this week.
Sullivan was serving as pastor of the Church of Sts. John and Paul in Larchmont (yeah, I know it’s in the Town of Mamaroneck, but everyone IDs it as being in Larchmont) in 2004, when he was named a bishop. The picture shows his ordination at St. Patty’s on Sept. 21, 04.
As vicar general, Sullivan was Cardinal Egan’s point-man on the planning of the parish realignment announced in 2006.
There has been plenty of talk in the last year or two that one of NY’s auxiliary bishops would be heading out of town.
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on Monday, August 31st, 2009 at 10:51 am by Gary Stern.
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