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Rome, Italy, Jun 16, 2012 \/ 07:31 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- A leading commentator on the future of the Catholic Church in Ireland is asking the Vatican to consider appointing non-Irish bishops to currently vacant dioceses on the Emerald Isle.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI think we need to think outside the box in a big way,\u201d said David Quinn of the Dublin-based Iona Institute in a June 5 interview with CNA in Rome.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe may need to appoint overseas-based priests as bishops in Ireland or bring suitable people in to run the national seminary,\u201d he suggested.<\/p>\n

\tAt present, four of Ireland\u2019s 26 dioceses are vacant. Quinn believes that any new bishop will find a local church where \u201cmorale is low\u201d and that is still \u201cvery shell shocked\u201d after years of attack from the country\u2019s political and cultural elite in the wake of several clerical abuse scandals.<\/p>\n

\tIn making his case for foreign bishops, Quinn points out that in contemporary Ireland there are now \u201cnon-nationals running our banks, running Aer Lingus, running Dublin Zoo, managing the Irish football team.\u201d All that, he believes, begs the question, \u2018Why not a few non-Irish priests running parts of the Church if that is what it takes?\u2019<\/p>\n

\tHe also\u00a0thinks that importing non-Irish bishops \u201cwould probably take a bit of adjusting\u201d but that it could work \u201cif the right people were found and they were personable and were able to get out and about and meet people and set their minds at ease.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe idea of foreign missionaries coming to Ireland is not a new one. Historic legend suggests that Saint Patrick, the island\u2019s patron, hailed from Wales or Scotland. And it\u2019s a Celtic connection that Quinn thinks should once again be fruitfully re-established.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThere is obviously a lot of affinity between Scotland and Ireland, so I think it would be quite easy for them to adjust and for us to adjust to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tA key player in any new episcopal appointments will be Ireland\u2019s papal nuncio, American Archbishop Charles Brown, who was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in November 2011.<\/p>\n

\tIreland is currently hosting the 50th International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, June 10-17. Quinn hopes that the sight of so many \u201cpublic, happy, joyous young Catholics\u201d in the streets of the Irish capital will leave a lasting and positive legacy.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt is a side of the faith that has not been seen in Ireland for a very long time,\u201d he said. It shows \u201ca more positive side of Catholicism, and if that sticks in the memory of some people that would obviously be amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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