Edit: We found out about this from the German Traditionalist site, summorumpontificum.de, who picked up on the nickname of the Bishop, "Trautsperson", which he earned for being an advocate of inclusive language.
Does anyone know anything about Bishop Lawrence Brandt? Most people are aware of the inclusive language, enemy of Traditionalism in one of the most desolate Diocese in the Western world.
ERIE, Pa. -- Pope Benedict XVI has picked a canon lawyer in the Greensburg diocese to succeed retiring Erie Bishop Donald Trautman.
Monsignor Lawrence Persico is the vicar general, meaning he's second only to Greensburg Bishop Lawrence Brandt in heading the four-county diocese east of Pittsburgh.
Trautman, who is now 76, sent his mandatory letter of resignation when he turned 75 last year but has continued to lead about 220,000 Roman Catholics in the 13-county Erie diocese in northwestern Pennsylvania.
Persico, who is 61, was ordained in 1977 and has served as a canon lawyer under Brandt and two previous Greensburg bishops, William Connare and Anthony Bosco.
Pope Benedict elevated Persico to monsignor two years ago and he's been vice president of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference since 2006.
It was not immediately clear when Persico will be installed as Trautman's successor.Link to Sacramento Bee...
2 comments:
It's about time but the Erie Diocese (home of the Erie Benedictine Coven) is pretty much a wasteland except for a few small pockets of uncontaminated Catholicism. And I do mean FEW.
The Erie Diocese is indeed in need of a STRONG, ORTHODOX leader. Pope "Joan" should have been
take care of decades ago. The Diocese paper constantly refers to these heretic Benedictines as if they were faithful Catholics. Hopefully our new Bishop will once & for all address & correct this shameful problem.
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