Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Smack Between the Eyes

Mike Voris doesn't pull any punches.

And he shouldn't have to.

By coincidence, the Leading Darkness for the 1960's crowd names his all-time favorite US Bishops.

  • Leroy Matthieson, Amarillo, Texas, 1980-97;
  • Francis Hurley, archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, 1976-2001;
  • John McCarthy, Austin, Texas, 1986-2001
  • Richard Cushing, cardinal-archbishop of Boston, 1944-70
  • Lawrence Shehan, cardinal-archbishop of Baltimore, 1961-74
  • William Borders, archbishop of Baltimore, 1974-89
  • Francis Mugavero, Brooklyn, 1968-90
  • Albert Meyer, cardinal-archbishop of Chicago, 1958-65
  • Joseph Bernardin, cardinal-archbishop of Chicago, 1982-96
  • William Hughes, Covington, Ky, 1979-95
  • Victor Balke, Crookston Minn., 1976-2007
  • Maurice Dingman, Des Moines, Iowa, 1968-86
  • John Dearden, cardinal-archbishop of Detroit, 1958-80
  • William McManus, Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., 1976-85
  • Donald Pelotte, S.S.S., Gallup, N.M., 1990-2008
  • Lawrence McNamara, Grand Island, Nebr., 1978-2004
  • Joseph Breitenbeck, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1969-89
  • Joseph Imesh, Joliet, Ill., 1979-2006
  • Michael Kenny, Juneau, Alaska, 1979-95
  • Thomas Kelly, O.P., archbishop of Louisville, 1982-2007
  • Cletus O’Donnell, Madison, Wis., 1967-92
  • Rembert Weakland, archbishop of Milwaukee, 1977-2002
  • Peter Gerety, archbishop of Newark, 1974-86
  • Raymond Lucker, New Ulm, Minn., 1975-2000
  • Terence Cooke, cardinal-archbishop of New York, 1968-83
  • John Cummins, Oakland, Calif., 1977-2003
  • Victor Reed, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1958-71
  • John McRaith, Owensboro, Ky., 1982-2009
  • Charles Buswell, Pueblo, Colo., 1959-79
  • F. Joseph Gossman, Raleigh, N.C., 1975-2006
  • Walter Sullivan, Richmond, Va., 1974-2003
  • Francis Quinn, Sacramento, Calif., 1979-93
  • Kenneth Untener, Saginaw, Mich., 1980-2004
  • John May, archbishop of St. Louis, 1980-92
  • John Roach, archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis, 1975-95
  • Patrick Flores, archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, 1979-2004
  • John R. Quinn, archbishop of San Francisco, 1977-95
  • Raymond Hunthausen, archbishop of Seattle Wash., 1975-91
  • Bernard Topel, Spokane, Wash., 1955-78
  • John Leibrecht, Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1984-2008
  • Frank Harrison, Syracuse, NY, 1976-87
  • Bernard Flanagan, Worcester, Mass., 1959-83
  • James Malone, Youngstown, Ohio, 1968-95
  • Robert Joyce, Burlington, Vt., 1957-71
  • Paul Leibold, archbishop of Cincinnati, 1969-72
  • James Casey, archbishop of Denver, 1967-86
  • John Whealon, Hartford, Conn., 1969-91.
  • Ernest Primeau, Manchester, N.H., 1960-74
  • Carroll Dozier, Memphis, Tenn., 1971-82
  • Thomas Grady, Orlando, Fla., 1974-89
  • John Snyder, St. Augustine, Fla., 1979-2000
  • Thomas Murphy, archbishop of Seattle, 1991-97
  • William Friend, Shreveport, La., 1986-2006
  • Joseph Maguire, Springfield, Mass., 1977-91
  • John Nevins, Venice, Fla., 1984-2007.
HT: Cavey and Fr Z

1 comment:

  1. I'm with Fr. McBrien on Cardinal Cooke. Blind hogs and acorns, stopped clocks and all that...

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