New York City, N.Y., Nov 16, 2009 / 16:32 pm
After the Vatican announced Saturday that Pope Benedict appointed Bishop Jerome Listecki to head the Catholic Church in Milwaukee, Archbishop Timothy Dolan—who led that archdiocese until last February—said, “Today my prayer is simply: thank you Lord!”
Bishop Jerome Edward Listecki, who served as the bishop of the dioceses of La Crosse, Wisconsin until this past Saturday, was named by the Pope as the 11th Archbishop of Milwaukee.
In a statement released on Saturday, Archbishop Dolan responded to the naming of his successor by saying, “for the last nine months, since my appointment as Archbishop of New York, I have daily asked our Lord to send a happy, holy, humble new archbishop to the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.”
“Pope Benedict has chosen wisely,” Dolan remarked.