Aggies, you’ve been waiting on this one for a long time... and finally – amid what's already American Catholicism's biggest night – here it is.
At Roman Noon, the Pope named Msgr Mike Sis, 53, heretofore vicar-general of Austin – the beloved, legendary figure who built St Mary’s Catholic Center at Texas A&M into the Stateside church's premier model of campus ministry – as bishop of San Angelo.
In the West Texas post, Sis succeeds another cherished Bishop Mike: Pfeifer, who’s led the sprawling diocese encompassing Midland, Abilene and Odessa since 1985 and reached the retirement age of 75 in May 2012. An Oblate of Mary Immaculate, the Rio Grande-born missionary – named to succeed the future Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza on the native son's return to Houston – is said to have initially felt cheated out of his religious vocation on his appointment as bishop, and has already started making plans to begin his retirement in the assignment his superiors had him headed before the hat came: namely, Africa.
As for his successor, even if it's the wrong school's song, it's no mistake to say that "the eyes of Texas" – and beyond – have been on Mike Sis for years. And now, the fun part begins.
Developing – more to come.
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by Rocco Palmo via Whispers in the Loggia
At Roman Noon, the Pope named Msgr Mike Sis, 53, heretofore vicar-general of Austin – the beloved, legendary figure who built St Mary’s Catholic Center at Texas A&M into the Stateside church's premier model of campus ministry – as bishop of San Angelo.
In the West Texas post, Sis succeeds another cherished Bishop Mike: Pfeifer, who’s led the sprawling diocese encompassing Midland, Abilene and Odessa since 1985 and reached the retirement age of 75 in May 2012. An Oblate of Mary Immaculate, the Rio Grande-born missionary – named to succeed the future Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza on the native son's return to Houston – is said to have initially felt cheated out of his religious vocation on his appointment as bishop, and has already started making plans to begin his retirement in the assignment his superiors had him headed before the hat came: namely, Africa.
As for his successor, even if it's the wrong school's song, it's no mistake to say that "the eyes of Texas" – and beyond – have been on Mike Sis for years. And now, the fun part begins.
Developing – more to come.
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by Rocco Palmo via Whispers in the Loggia
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