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Chris Carstens's avatar

I think dioceses should be able to Trade Bishops, like NFL Clubs swap quarterbacks for players, cash and future draft choices. I can think several that would joyfully trade their current Ordinary for somebody else’s Diocesan Vicar, two transitional deacons and a DCM to be named later.

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John Lieblang's avatar

There are many dioceses in the US that probably need to be merged for the reasons you outlined, but also there are a number that probably need to be split up because they've grown so much (Southwest US). If you were creating dioceses from scratch today, I would imagine the map would look very different. I'm wondering if the USCCB and/or Vatican need to do some sort of "redistricting". It would be very expensive and difficult, but with big population and demographic shifts throughout the US, rolling with decades or centuries old boundaries doesn't seem like the best way to effectively govern the church (or anything for that matter).

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