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Cardinals & Bishops

Books

•  Conclave: The Politics, Personalities and Process of the Next Papal Election
•  Inside the Vatican: Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church

Church Documents

•  Hierarchical Constitution of the Church Catechism of the Catholic Church

•  Ad Limina Visits Congregation for Bishops
•  Apostolos Suos Pope John Paul II - Motu Proprio - On the Theological and Juridical Nature of Episcopal Conference - 22 July 1998
•  Bishop's Pastoral Authority Pastoral Letter of Archbishop James P Keleher (from Lay Witness, May 1999)
•  Mutuae Relationes (1978) - Directives for the Mutual Relations Between Bishops and Religious in the Church - Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Multimedia

•  Foxhole Chaplains Catholic Answers Live interview with Archbishop Edwin O'Brien, Military Ordinary of the USA (Requires RealPlayer)
•  Role of the Bishop Catholic Answers Live interview with Bishop Colin Campbell of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, an expert on adult faith formation. (Requires RealPlayer)

Websites

•  College of Cardinals by Paul McLachlan. What is a Cardinal, and what role do they play in the Catholic Church?

Online Books & Files

•  Archbishop: Inside the Power Structure of the American Catholic Church Full online text of this book by Fr Thomas Reese SJ
•  Flock of Shepherds: The National Conference of Catholic Bishops by Thomas Reese SJ

Articles

•  Ad Limina Apostolorum  (Catholic Encyclopedia)
•  Ad Limina Visit  (Catholic Encyclopedia)
•  Archbishop  (Catholic Encyclopedia)
•  Auxiliary Bishop  (Catholic Encyclopedia)
•  Bishop  (Catholic Encyclopedia)
•  Hierarchy  (Catholic Encyclopedia)
•  Hierarchy of the Early Church  (Catholic Encyclopedia)
•  Papal Consistory  (Catholic Encyclopedia)
•  Suburbicarian Dioceses  (Catholic Encyclopedia)

•  Ask Father: Bishop: Obedience to
•  Ask Father: Ecclesiastical Titles
•  Bishop as Sanctifier by Bishop James S Sullivan (from Lay Witness, September 1999)
•  Bishop as Shepherd by Bishop Raymond L Burke (from Lay Witness, October 1999)
•  Bishop as Teacher by Bishop John J Myers (from Lay Witness, July/August 1999)
•  Bishops should never change diocese Bernadin Cardinal Gantin, Dean of the College of Cardinals and Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Bishops, speaks in favour of the proposal that bishops who are appointed to dioceses should intend to remain there for life.
•  Cardinal Recollections An article by Fr John Jay Hughes about the early life of Cardinal Ratzinger (from Our Sunday Visitor, 8 November 1998)
•  Catholic Bishops of the 1980s: Attitudes to Scripture and Theology by Fr Brian W Harrison OS (from Living Tradition, November 1988)
•  College of Bishops by Paul McLachlan. What is a bishop, and what role do they play in the Catholic Church?
•  College of Cardinals Traces Its Roots to Middle Ages by Christopher Bellitto (from Catholic Heritage, March/April 1997)
•  Duties of the Bishop Bishop Robert J Carlson of Sioux Falls reflects briefly on the most important duties of the Bishop (from Lay Witness, March 1999)
•  Duties of the Bishop: Contemporary Challenges by Bishop Robert J Carlson (from Lay Witness, May 1999)
•  Heraldry of Catholic Clerics by Joseph Shetler
•  How a Bishop Is Deposed: The Latest Case Facts and events surrounding the removal of Bishop Jacques Gaillot.
•  How to address Catholic clerics by Joseph Shetler
•  Interview with Bishop Charles Chaput (from Our Sunday Visitor, 11 January 1998)
•  Interview With Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz
•  List of Current Cardinals by Paul McLachlan. A complete and up-to-date listing of all living Cardinals, including details of age, eligibility to vote in Conclave and office held.
•  Precedence of the Catholic Hierarchy by Joseph Shetler (sets out the international tables of precedence set forth at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, which remain in force)
•  Selection of Bishops by Thomas Reese SJ
•  Spiritual Life of Bishops by Archbishop Charles J Chaput (from Lay Witness, December 1999)
•  Straight Answers: Bishop Is Source, Foundation of Unity by Fr William Saunders
•  Straight Answers: How to Address Church Officials by Fr William Saunders
•  Straight Answers: What Is a Cardinal? by Fr William Saunders
•  Structure of the Catholic Hierarchy by Joseph Shetler
•  Teaching Of St Thomas Aquinas In Regard To The Apostles by Fr Nicholas Halligan OP. (January 1961)
•  Visiting the Titular Churches of American Cardinals in Rome
•  Voice in the Desert: How One Bishop is Bringing Life to a Dry Continent by Richard Rotondi. A profile of Melbourne's Archbishop Dr George Pell. (from Sursum Corda!, Fall 1997)
•  What is a Cardinal?