{"id":6464,"date":"2005-06-21T07:58:01","date_gmt":"2005-06-21T07:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/06\/working-on-your-us-bishops.html"},"modified":"2005-06-21T07:58:01","modified_gmt":"2005-06-21T07:58:01","slug":"working-on-your-us-bishops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/06\/working-on-your-us-bishops.html","title":{"rendered":"Working on your US bishops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, Grand Rapids finally got someone, at least..<\/p>\n

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– Accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Reno, U.S.A., presented by Bishop Phillip Francis Straling, in accordance with Canon 401, para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.<\/p>\n

(\u00a72 A diocesan Bishop who, because of illness or some other grave reason, has become unsuited for the fulfilment of his office, is earnestly requested to offer his resignation from office.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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– Appointed Bishop Walter Allison Hurley<\/a>, auxiliary of the archdiocese of Detroit, U.S.A., as bishop of Grand Rapids (area 17,592, population 1,283,717, Catholics 162,670, priests 136, permanent deacons 29, religious 289), U.S.A.<\/span><\/p>\n

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– Appointed Msgr. John Gerard Noonan, <\/a>president-rector of the Saint John Vianney College Seminary, as auxiliary of the archdiocese of Miami (area 12,836, population 4,036,799, Catholics 856,783, priests 361, permanent deacons 142, religious 509), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1951 and ordained a priest in 1983.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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