"News Notes" published by the Wonderer, Bishop Jerome Listecki of La Crosse

In "News Notes" published by the Wonderer, Bishop Jerome Listecki of La Crosse, Wisconsin, (a Chicago native) was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to Archbishop of Milwaukee succeeding Archbishop Timothy Dolan, According to a ZENIT News Agency report, the newly elected prelate stated "I am humbled by my selection" and "will do my best to fulfill the confidence His Holiness Benedict XVI has placed in me." The Milwaukee Archdiocese has some 680,000 Catholics, served by 347 diocesan priests and 322 religious priests, 191 permanent deacons, and 1,583 sisters. On that same day, the Holy Father accepted the resignation of Bishop John D'Arcy, 77, of Fort Wayne South Bend, Ind., for reasons of age, and named Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Harrisburg, Pa., as his successor. Kevin Rhoades was born in Mahanoy City, Pa., in 1957, and was ordained a priest in 1983 for the Diocese of Harrisburg. Bishop Rhoades has been serving the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference, and has also been working for the U.S. bishops' conference. The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend has some 160,000 Catholics, served by 249 priests, 18 permanent deacons, and 847 religious. A November 13 Vatican communiqué announced the Episcopal appointments.