Fresh off the heels of the July 4th weekend, the long-awaited handover of the church's top post in the nation's First State is slated to take place.(As soon as) Monday, Pope Benedict is expected to name Auxiliary Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Baltimore to head Delaware's statewide diocese of Wilmington. As its ninth ordinary, the 64-year old prelate would succeed Bishop Michael Saltarelli, who reached the retirement age of 75 in mid-January.In accord with the customary pre-announcement protocols, spokesmen for the Wilmington and Baltimore churches declined comment on the report; in the church's practice, no appointment formally "exists" until it is published in the daily Bollettino of the Holy See Press Office.With Malooly's name having topped the buzzmill since before the succession process began, few observers will see the...
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