Abp. Vlazny has "one of hardest jobs in Oregon"; Bishop of Winona 1987-97

He’s a kind man, an extrovert with a penchant for baseball, the kind of guy you’d want as an uncle. Right now, he has one of the hardest jobs in Oregon.

Portland Archbishop John Vlazny, 69, arrived in the state in 1997 and had what he calls a two-year honeymoon. Then from out of the past came sexual abuse allegations against Oregon priests, sometimes-jaded news coverage, bankruptcy and possibly years of hearings. Catholic Sentinal