Sist uke kunne vi lese på Vatikanets nyhetssider:
On Tuesday Pope Benedict XVI appointed 52-year-old bishop Alexander K. Sample, Metropolitan Archbishop of Portland Oregon, U.S.A. He takes over the pastoral leadership of the Archdiocese of nearly 400,000 Catholics from Archbishop John G. Vlazny who has retired.
Bishop Sample was ordained a priest of the diocese on June 1, 1990, at St. Peter Cathedral in Marquette. He served in several parish assignments before moving to Rome, Italy, from 1994-96 to earn a degree in Canon Law. …. On January 25, 2006, by the mandate of Pope Benedict XVI, he was ordained bishop of Marquette.
Portland er mine kones hjemby og jeg har vært der mange ganger. Jeg fant nyheten på Fr Finigans blogg, og også bildet over, som viser hvordan er biskop gjerne skal se ut (ved høytidelige anledninger).