Archbishop Burke is going to Rome

THe Holy Father appointed Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis, MO, as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura. The Apostolic Signatura is the Supreme Tribunal of the Church. It is sort of like the Supreme Court of the Church.

This is a great appointment for Archbishop Burke who will almost certainly be receiving a nice red hat I am sure. It is a loss for the US Church though. I'm pretty sure that his leadership will be missed.

His appointment brings the number of vacant sees in the US to 9. We continue to pray for a new Bishop here in the diocese of New Ulm.

Diocese	Type	Date Vacant	Last Bishop	Event
Biloxi, Mississippi	Diocese	2 Apr 2008	Thomas John Rodi	Appointed, Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama
Charleston, South Carolina	Diocese	14 Aug 2007	Robert Joseph Baker	Appointed, Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama
Gallup, New Mexico	Diocese	30 Apr 2008	Donald Edmond Pelotte, S.S.S.	Resigned
Green Bay, Wisconsin	Diocese	18 Jul 2007	David Allen Zubik	Appointed, Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Juneau, Alaska	Diocese	20 Nov 2007	Michael William Warfel	Appointed, Bishop of Great Falls-Billings, Montana
Knoxville, Tennessee	Diocese	12 Jun 2007	Joseph Edward Kurtz	Appointed, Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky
New Ulm, Minnesota	Diocese	24 Apr 2007	John Clayton Nienstedt	Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Saint Louis, Missouri	Archdiocese	27 Jun 2008	Raymond Leo Burke	Appointed, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands	Diocese	30 Jan 2007	George Vance Murry, S.J.	Appointed, Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio

Source: http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/dus3.html

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