Jeepers, Creepers, now Amy tells me Father "Z" is talking about Bishop Aquila

Father "Z", Minnesota's permanent ambassador, via St Agnes, to the Vatican who dribbled a bit early on in the "rumor wars" has now picked up the ball and started running down the sidelines. Check out his W.D.T.P.R.S? blog. [Sorry for the mixed metaphor].

[snip] Bishop Aquila is in addition to being Bishop of Fargo also the Administrator of the Diocese of Sioux Falls, S.D. A move to St. Paul might mean also that Rome is appointing also a bishop for Sioux Falls. It strikes me as unlikely that he would continue as Administrator in his new and much larger role in St. Paul, even though it is closer to Sioux Falls and in the same province.
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After his ordination to the priesthood, Bishop Aquila served in parish ministry for 11 years. In 1987, he began studies at Sant’Anselmo University in Rome, completing an S.T.L. in Sacramental Theology in 1990. He served as Director for the Office of Liturgy and Master of Ceremonies in the Archdiocese of Denver from 1990 until 1995. He has also served as Co-director for Continuing Education for Priests, as an advisor for the Bishop’s Committee on the Liturgy, and as Assistant Secretary for Catholic Education. Bishop Aquila was Secretary for Catholic Education in the Archdiocese of Denver from 1995 until 1999. He then served as Rector of St. John Vianney Seminary in Denver from 1999 until his appointment as Coadjutor Bishop of Fargo.

So, this is a bishop who is interested in the formation of men for priesthood and in their continuing formation after ordination. He is also interested in and trained in liturgy. I understand from the lefty NCR that His Excellency is a friend of Very Rev. Cassian Folsom, OSB, now Abbot of Norcia, who had been once the head of the liturgical institute at Sant’Anselmo but was driven out by those who accused him of being to conservative. Also, His Excellency in 2005 approved celebrations of the so-called "Tridentine Mass" in the Sioux Falls Diocese at the cathedral. At the same time, the Bishop has no time for the SSPX schism. He once sent his chancellor to tell a schismatic priest who came into his diocese to take a hike, thus incurring the wrath of the fringe site Traditio. [snip] Read the Rest

Tip O' the Hat to Amy Welborn at Open Book