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.
Addendum: We now have 48 entrants, which is an appropriate place to stop. The World Cup begins tomorrow (April 25th).
Fr. Cassian Folsom. ... Aaand I am literally sitting here with my face in my hands and eyes scrinched up trying to think of one single other person worthy of the name. And failing. I don't believe any of these other shysters and failed fake heroes qualify. None of them. It makes me angry to see their names listed. Angry. Quite a lot. Very. Am mad now.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestion. If any others occur to you, let's have them (fairly soon).
DeleteFr. JesusMary Missigbeto
ReplyDeleteThanks. Added. Up to 33 now.
DeleteBishop James S. Wall, Bishop Samuel J. Aquila
ReplyDeleteNoted, thank you.
DeleteMr Wupple
ReplyDeleteHow about Abp. Cordileone and
ReplyDeleteFr. Joseph Fessio?
Noted, thank you.
DeleteCardinal Müller -- Dr Gavin Ashenden.
ReplyDeleteMüller is there already. Ashenden isn't a priest.
DeleteYou asked "leader" not "priest" -- and Dr. Ashenden is certainly the former. Arguably the latter. As to Müller, apologies bruvver, I missed him in your list. Whoopsie !!
DeleteSerafino Lanzetta
ReplyDeleteNoted. Thanks.
DeleteSarah for Pope! He has my vote!
ReplyDeleteMother Natalia from Pints With Aquinas. Wonderfully encouraging.
ReplyDeleteSorry, not eligible.
DeleteBishop Donald Sanborn
ReplyDeleteAnd that makes 48, so we'll stop there.
DeleteI don't do Twitter, if that is meant to be the mode of voting. However, I would like to register a vote for Cardinal Muller, if that's acceptable.
ReplyDeleteI’m beginning to think that those people saying Francis isn’t pope and that Benedict didn’t resign are actually right…a lot of misinformation about all the details is making me rethink my original view.
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