delay - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04:18:15 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg delay - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Delay in appointing bishops affects 187 sees https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/07/19/delay-in-appointing-bishops-affects-187-sees/ Thu, 18 Jul 2013 19:03:00 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=47230 A crisis of sorts is developing in the appointment of Catholic bishops worldwide as a backlog of 187 sees (excluding China) remain vacant, writes Edward Pentin in the National Catholic Register. Half of Scotland's ordinaries — four out of eight — have yet to be appointed. The Philippines has nine sees without a bishop, and Read more

Delay in appointing bishops affects 187 sees... Read more]]> A crisis of sorts is developing in the appointment of Catholic bishops worldwide as a backlog of 187 sees (excluding China) remain vacant, writes Edward Pentin in the National Catholic Register.

Half of Scotland's ordinaries — four out of eight — have yet to be appointed. The Philippines has nine sees without a bishop, and Italy has vacancies in 12 sees, two territorial abbeys, and one eparchy.

Some dioceses, such as Wilcannia-Forbes in Australia and Mansa in Zambia, haven't had a bishop since 2009.

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