1. Candidates must be living Catholic priests/bishops/etc. So hard luck, Austen Ivereigh, Taylor Marshall, Joe Biden, ... 2. We will, as usual, do this by Twitter polls. 3. Marko Rupnik is disqualified. 4. The umpire's decision (mine) is final.So far I have the following nominations (ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous, but you will be able to decide which is which):
Athanasius Schneider Carlo Maria Viganò Charles Chaput Dwight Longenecker Gerhard Ludwig Müller James Martin John Zuhlsdorf Joseph Strickland Joseph Zen Mario Grech Pope Francis Raymond Burke Robert Barron Robert Sarah Thomas Reese Timothy Dolan Víctor Manuel Fernández Wilfrid Napier Wilton GregoryYou are encouraged to nominate further candidates, either by replying to this post or by replying to the advert on Twitter. If I have never heard of your nominee, then he probably isn't eligible, however #saved he may be. Also disqualified! This one is SERIOUS, even though you may agree that some of the candidates are complete no-hopers.
Addendum: We now have 48 entrants, which is an appropriate place to stop. The World Cup begins tomorrow (April 25th).