Does Columbus get elevated to an archdiocese (from a diocese) with the merger? If YES, it wreaks of nepotism - Pierre rewarding his guy from the nunciature in DC, Fernandes, with an archbishopтАЩs pallium at age 51тАж. There has never been nepotism in Holy Mother Church, right ЁЯлгЁЯЩДЁЯЩД?
Seems unlikely. California and Texas are the only states with more than one province. Cities such as Pittsburgh, Kansas City (Missouri - confusingly the province for Kansas is based in their Kansas City), Buffalo, Orlando, and most relevantly Cleveland are dioceses and seem unlikely to be ever be otherwise. If neither Cleveland nor Columbus was ever promoted when Ohio was a Catholic hotbed, seems unlikely in this era of decline. And Ohio has six dioceses total, which means that if Steubenville is eliminated and Columbus were to be elevated, then either the Cincinnati or the Columbus province would comprise two dioceses only, which would be unusually small. That said, we know Francis is unpredictable.
oh yeah, I don't see any evidence it has to do with the university at all.
Does Columbus get elevated to an archdiocese (from a diocese) with the merger? If YES, it wreaks of nepotism - Pierre rewarding his guy from the nunciature in DC, Fernandes, with an archbishopтАЩs pallium at age 51тАж. There has never been nepotism in Holy Mother Church, right ЁЯлгЁЯЩДЁЯЩД?
Wrong!
Seems unlikely. California and Texas are the only states with more than one province. Cities such as Pittsburgh, Kansas City (Missouri - confusingly the province for Kansas is based in their Kansas City), Buffalo, Orlando, and most relevantly Cleveland are dioceses and seem unlikely to be ever be otherwise. If neither Cleveland nor Columbus was ever promoted when Ohio was a Catholic hotbed, seems unlikely in this era of decline. And Ohio has six dioceses total, which means that if Steubenville is eliminated and Columbus were to be elevated, then either the Cincinnati or the Columbus province would comprise two dioceses only, which would be unusually small. That said, we know Francis is unpredictable.