I think I served Mass for him once!
Gregory VII | 11.19.07 - 4:06 pm | #

His ordination was featured in a National Geographic documentary entitled "Inside the Vatican". It's available online:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QOteB..._k& feature=user
ThePerpetualMalcontent | Homepage | 11.19.07 - 4:30 pm | #

I am confused about the Great Falls appointment. There seems to be shuch a hesitancy to ordain a NEW bishop. Why fill a vacancy to create another? I can see it for a big diocese but for Great Falls? Find a worthy priest and make him bishop there. If Bishop Michael Warfel deserves a promotion he should get something bigger like Green Bay or something. Give him a major step up or leave him where he is.
Randy | Homepage | 11.19.07 - 5:11 pm | #

Randy you are so right. Going from anywhere in Alaska to Montana is not really a promotion. Give him a bigger diocese or leave him where he is at.
Margaret | 11.19.07 - 9:55 pm | #

I'd rather we return to the tradition of a bishop serving his diocese and not moving him around with various "promotions." Remember, a bishop does wear a wedding ring to show his spousal commitment to his Local Church.
Peadar99 | 11.20.07 - 12:39 am | #

No, you guys miss the point.

It's like moving Carlson from South Dakota to Saginaw.

It's sending someone in to clean up a mess.

The mess in Montana is not quite as big. But it's still a mess.

Warfel is a good man and did well in Juneau, which was also a mess, but very, very TINY.

So tiny that almost anything is a step up.
Jeff | 11.26.07 - 6:19 pm | #