Although it flies in the face of appointing someone younger, other Pillar reporting would suggest Archbishop Montanari, Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops, will get to head home despite having just turned 65.
I've noticed that y'all often report on which bishops are nearing retirement. You always seem to have a pretty comprehensive list at the ready. I've got to ask - do you have some massive spreadsheet with all the bishops in the world and their birthdays? Or is it all ad hoc?
Good question! I'm hugely indebted to the websites catholic-hierarchy.org and gcatholic.org, which have a wealth of reliable information on bishops worldwide.
Here are two pages that are especially useful on this topic:
Although it flies in the face of appointing someone younger, other Pillar reporting would suggest Archbishop Montanari, Secretary of the Dicastery for Bishops, will get to head home despite having just turned 65.
I've noticed that y'all often report on which bishops are nearing retirement. You always seem to have a pretty comprehensive list at the ready. I've got to ask - do you have some massive spreadsheet with all the bishops in the world and their birthdays? Or is it all ad hoc?
Good question! I'm hugely indebted to the websites catholic-hierarchy.org and gcatholic.org, which have a wealth of reliable information on bishops worldwide.
Here are two pages that are especially useful on this topic:
https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/s75.html
http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/bishops-age74.htm