Pope Francis Appoints Two Local Priests Auxiliary Bishops for Milwaukee

Milwaukee native Fr. Jeffrey R. Haines and Burlington native Fr. James T. Schuerman have been appointed by Pope Francis as Auxiliary Bishops for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. The appointments were announced in Rome, January 25, and the two priests will be ordained bishops by Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. The ordination date has not been announced, but should be within the next five-to-eight weeks.

By the way folks, very nice looking redesign on the ArchMil website.

The Archdiocese has been without a full time auxiliary since the departure of Bp. Hying over two years ago.

HT Rocco, CCC

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bold picks?

Badger Catholic said...

I don't have any info but I'll let others chime in.

Anonymous said...

Yea, the Weakland legacy continues!

Anonymous said...

My question: Do we really need two auxiliary bishops? Parishes are closing/consolidating, there are fewer baptisms, marriages, etc. And of course, fewer priests. Just doesn't make sense.

Badger Catholic said...

I suspect there is if the goal is the pressure an archbishop into submission to the Gang of Nine.

Dave P. said...

Fr. Jim is a decent sort...

Anonymous said...

The diocese requested two bishops when Hying was transferred.

Badger Catholic said...

The archdiocese used to have two active auxiliaries. It seemed very strange that there wasn't at least one appointed, so this would make sense as they are in fact overdue.

Anonymous said...

Gang of 9? Is that the Council of 9 Cardinals?What would they be pressuring Listecki to do?

Badger Catholic said...

I'm being tongue in cheek there Anon, only saying Listecki is likely a JPII minded bishop when it comes to interpretation of marriage and communion, contra certain popular Amoris bishops in the news lately.

Anonymous said...

Sadly, in this age and given these circumstances, those worries/thoughts are not unreasonable. Sadly, the benefit of the doubt does not lie with Pope Francis right now. +Haines is in the confessional on a regular basis, so I consider that a positive sign.

Badger Catholic said...

Always an excellent sign, thanks for sharing!

James K Savonarola said...

loving that confidence

Dave P. said...

He had a good start at St. Anthony's.

Anonymous said...

Haines need to be in the confession often, given the grave scandal he presided over in West Bend!

Anonymous said...

Don't know about that, I just know he hears a lot of confessions at cathedral and for that I'm grateful