As appointment days go, folks, This. Is. Simply. Beyond.
Filling two of global Catholicism's foremost posts in one fell swoop, even before Roman Noon hit this Thursday, the Italian desk of
Vatican Radio published the Pope's twin appointments of
Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, 67 – already a former president of both the Mexican bishops and the continental conference
CELAM – as
archbishop of Mexico City: with some 8 million members, the world's largest diocese...
...and, together with it, Francis' choice of Bishop
Michel Aupetit of Nanterre, 66 – a physician and med-school professor for two decades, ordained a priest at 44 – as
archbishop of Paris: the 1.3 million-member fold which comprises the largest and most prominent seat in the land long known as the church's "eldest daughter."
The duo respectively succeed Cardinals Norberto Rivera and Andre Vingt-Trois, both of whom reached the retirement age of 75 just within the last six months; in the latter case, the departing Paris prelate – who'll be succeeded by one of his former auxiliaries – marked his birthday on November 7th.
Together with Francis' June choice of the bicycling Auxiliary Bishop Mario Delpini
as archbishop of Milan – his hometown and Italy's marquee diocese – today's moves round out an extraordinary trio of placements into the church's top dozen or so posts around the world, with a few more impending shifts still in the offing.
DEVELOPING – fuller piece in the works.
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by Rocco Palmo via Whispers in the Loggia
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