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Some up-and-comers?

With turnover coming, which bishops might soon have new cathedrals?

JD Flynn
Jun 10, 2024
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When Archbishop George Lucas of Omaha turns 75 on Wednesday, he will be one of 10 U.S. metropolitan archbishops serving past the formal retirement age for diocesan bishops.

A crowded field in the USCCB's open race

With Lucas’ birthday, nearly a third of America’s archdioceses will be led by an ordinary awaiting retirement — and  three more metropolitan archbishops are due to turn 75 within a ye…

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