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CURRENT
ISSUE: March 9, 2009 • VOL.
47, NO. 5 • Oakland, CA
Bishop
Salvatore Cordileone
named Bishop of Oakland
By Voice staff
Pope Benedict XVI has named Bishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone,
52, as the fourth bishop of Oakland. The announcement was made
public on March 23 in Rome.
(See Bishop Cordileone's first statement as Bishop of Oakland.)
Bishop Cordileone comes to Oakland from San Diego, where he
has been auxiliary bishop since August 2002. He succeeds Bishop
Allen Vigneron, who became archbishop of Detroit in January
of this year.
A native of San Diego, Bishop Cordileone was ordained a priest
in 1982 after earning a B.A. in philosophy from the University
of San Diego in 1978 and a Bachelor’s Degree in Sacred
Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome
in 1981.
After ordination, he served for three years as associate pastor
of St. Martin of Tours Parish in La Mesa, California, then
he returned to Rome where he earned a doctorate in canon law
in 1989.
He came back to San Diego and served as secretary to the coadjutor
bishop for one year and in the canon law department until
his appointment in 1991 as pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Parish in the border city of Calexico. In 1995 he returned
to Rome to work as an assistant at the Supreme Tribunal of
the Apostolic Signatura, the Vatican’s highest judicial
court.
As head of the Oakland Diocese, Bishop Cordileone will be
the chief shepherd for over 550,000 Catholics who reside in
Alameda and Contra Costa counties. The diocese, created in
1962, has 84 parishes and more than a dozen ethnic pastoral
centers.
Bishop Cordileone will be installed at noon on May 5 at Oakland’s
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Preparing for Lent
LEFT: During an annual Shrove Tuesday ritual at St. Edward Parish
in Newark, Tristan Ebarle carries the Alleluia banner that is to be
buried during Lent and brought back for Easter. With him are his brother
Logan Ebarle and Mikayla Cree (left), both holding palms that are
burned and used during Ash Wednesday services. ABOVE: Jacqueline Jacobo
puts her palms into the fire. Awaiting her turn (right) is Jordan
Ebarle. All participate in the parish’s faith formation program
that serves 582 students from kindergarten through grade 12.
DONALYN DEEDS PHOTOS
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