Well, the news is out!
PHILADELPHIA
This morning Pope Benedict XVI named Archbishop Charles Chaput, OFM, Cap., of Denver, to be the Archbishop of Philadelphia, succeeding Cardinal Justin Rigali, who submitted his resignation in April of 2010 having reached the mandatory resignation age of 75.
Archbishop Chaput, 66, becomes the 9th Archbishop of the City of Brotherly Love. He is known as a no-nonsense leader, a staunch defender of the faith, and a regular participant in the public forum in all types of media. More than likely, he will be given the red hat of a cardinal after his predecessor turns 80 some four years from now.
Archbishop Chaput enterred the Capuchin Franciscans in 1965 and was ordained a priest on August 29, 1970. He served in various assignments with the Capuchins, and was elected provincial in 1983. In 1988 he was named Bishop of Rapid City, and in February 1997 was named Archbishop of Denver.
SAVANNAH
Also this morning, the Holy Father named Conventual Franciscan Father Gregory John Hartmayer, currently serving in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, to be Bishop of Savannah, Georgia. The 59-year-old pastor succeeds Bishop John Kevin Boland, whose resignation was accepted due to his reaching the age of 75.
He was ordained a priest on May 5, 1979, and has served in many assignments for the Conventual Franciscans. During his assignments within the Atlanta Archdiocese he served as moderator of the Presbyteral Council, and represented religious priests on the same council. He was a member of the Archdiocesan College of Consultors, director of programs for new priests, and a member of the committee for the ongoing formation of priests since 2008.
Let us pray for these men as they begin these special ministries entrusted to them by our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI.
The Concho Padre
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