Southern California is seeing a bit of a vocation boom. Roger Cardinal Mahony ordained twelve men for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles ranging from 29 to 49 in age. That is the largest group for the archdiocese since 1998, and the largest for any diocese in the United States this year. In the Diocese of San Bernadino, six men were ordained by Bishop Gerald Barnes, which is the largest number in its history. To the north, the Archdiocese of San Francisco will ordain two men in the coming weeks.
Comparatively, Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis ordained nine men to the priesthood; Daniel Cardinal DiNardo of Galveston-Houston ordained four men; Francis Cardinal George of Chicago ordained eleven men; Bishop Michael Cote of Norwich ordained three men; Edward Cardinal Egan of New York ordained six men; Seán Cardinal O’Malley of Boston ordained seven men; Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison ordained five men.
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