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Posted: Fri Jul 13th, 2007 09:53 am |
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Pope Accepts Resignation Of Cardinal Keeler Of Baltimore, Names Archbishop Edwin O’Brien To Succeed Him
WASHINGTON (July 12, 2007)—Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Cardinal William H. Keeler from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and named Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien for the Military Services, U.S.A. to succeed him.
The announcement was made in Washington, July 12, by Msgr. Martin Krebs, Chargé d’Affaires of the Vatican nunciature.
Cardinal Keeler, 76, had submitted his resignation as required by Canon Law when he turned 75.
Archbishop O’Brien, 68, was born in New York City on April 8, 1939.
After completing elementary and secondary schools, he attended Cathedral College, St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, where he earned B.A., B.D. and M.A. degrees, and the Angelicum in Rome, where he earned his S.T.D. in Moral Theology.
Archbishop O’Brien was ordained a priest, May 29, 1965. Following ordination, he was named assistant pastor, Most Holy Trinity church, in West Point, New York. He became a military chaplain in 1970.
From 1970-1973, Archbishop O’Brien served as Army chaplain with the rank of Captain at the 82nd Airborne Division, Fr Bragg, North Carolina, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 1st Cavalry Brigade, Vietnam and Post Chaplain, Fort Gordon, Georgia.
From 1973 to 1976, he pursued graduate studies at the Angelicum in Rome.
He was appointed Vice Chancellor of the Archdiocese of New York and assistant pastor, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, in 1976.
Archbishop O’Brien was named Archdiocesan Director of Communications in 1980, and appointed secretary to the cardinal in 1983. In 1985, he was named Rector of St. Joseph’s Seminary.
He was rector of North American College in Rome from 1989-1994, when he again became rector of St. Joseph’s Seminary. On March 25, 1996, he was ordained a bishop and named an auxiliary bishop of New York. On April 8, 1997, the Vatican announced his appointment as Co-Adjutor Archbishop for the Military Archdiocese. On August 12, 1997, he became Archbishop for the Military Archdiocese.
Cardinal Keeler was named Archbishop of Baltimore, April 10, 1989, and named a cardinal in 1994. He was born in San Antonio, Texas, attended schools in Pennsylvania and studied at St. Charles Seminary, Overbrook, Pennsylvania, and the North American College, Rome, and was ordained a priest in 1955. From 1962-1965, he served as a peritus (expert) at the Second Vatican Council. He was named Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1979, and named Bishop of Harrisburg in 1983.
The Archdiocese of Baltimore was established as a diocese on November 6, 1789, and as an archdiocese on April 8, 1808, and is the senior metropolitan see in the United States. It has a Catholic population of 517,679 persons in a total population of approximately 3,055,407.
The above article is reposted with permission of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Office of Media Relations.
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Posted: Sun Jul 15th, 2007 10:00 am |
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Must the Catholic clergy, that is, priests, bishops and cardinals, hand in their resignation at the age of 75? I know this isn't the case for the pope. If I'm not mistaken, the pope continues in his role till his death, right? What if a cleryman, whether he be priest, bishop, archbishop, cardinal, or even the pope should get Alzheimer's Disease or another illness that would make them incompetent. What happens then? How are they replaced?
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Posted: Sun Jul 15th, 2007 11:43 am |
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Darlene wrote: Must the Catholic clergy, that is, priests, bishops and cardinals, hand in their resignation at the age of 75?
Priests typically retire at the age at which they wish to do so. Many retire at 65-70. We have a "senior priest" in our diocese who just retired at 80 to spend more time with his grandchildren. (He became a priest at 70).
Bishops are required to submit a letter of retirement by age 75, which the Holy Father may or may not accept. In many cases it is kept "on file" until a replacement is named. A bishop may retire sooner if he is in ill health, and may be replaced if necessary. A bishop of questionable competence or otherwise in ill health may have a "co-adjutor" bishop named who can take over functions of the office as necessary, and becomes bisho of the diocese automatically upon the death of the ordinary. Co-adjutors are named for many other reasons as well.
Cardinals may still participate in papal elections until age 80. A cardinal who is incompetent would simply not be admitted into the election, or allowed to sit there and not vote. Under current Church law, there cannot be more than 120 cardinals eligible to vote in the papal election. All cardinals have dual citizenship in their own country and the Vatican.
The Holy Father is in place until death or his own resignation for health or other reasons. He cannot be removed from office or replaced by any means or for any reason.
If the pope should become mentally incompetent, it is assumed he would resign before he was totally unable to function. If he did not, the Vatican would continue to run as before with no new initiatives. Mechanisms are in place that would allow the Church to function. In case of a true emergency, the cardinals could gather to make necessary decisions. Like any major "corporation" most of the decisions in the day to day operation of the Vatican are made at lower levels and merely ratified by the pope.
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