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Bishop Salvatore Cordileone of Oakland, Calif., the U.S. bishops’ leader on defense of marriage issues, has been named by Pope Benedict XVI as the ninth archbishop of San Francisco.
“I am pleased to welcome Archbishop-elect Cordileone and to assure him of our prayers, loyalty, support and cooperation, as well as our friendship and affection,” said Archbishop George Niederauer, who offered his resignation as archbishop of San Francisco upon reaching the age limit of 75.
The appointment and resignation were both announced on July 27 in Washington, D.C., by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
Known for his staunch defense of marriage as well as his intercultural ministry and work with immigrants in California, Archbishop Cordileone will shepherd a diocese that contains about 1.8 million people, about 25% of whom are Catholic.
He has served on the Task Force on Cultural Diversity for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and is the current chairman of the conference’s Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage.
In addition, he serves on the Religious Liberty Committee of the California Catholic Conference.
In a June interview, the archbishop-elect told EWTN News that a redefinition of marriage to include homosexual couples would be bad for children, detrimental to society and dangerous for religious freedom.
He explained that “out of justice for children, we need to do the best that we can to help them grow up with their mother and their father, married to each other in a stable relationship.”
Archbishop Cordileone was born in San Diego in 1956. He studied in both California and Rome before being ordained a priest in 1982. He served in San Diego for several years and later spent time as an official of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the Church's highest juridical body under the Pope.
He was appointed by Pope John Paul II as auxiliary bishop of San Diego in 2002 and named bishop of Oakland by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.
He will be installed as archbishop of San Francisco at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption on Oct. 4, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, who is the patron of the archdiocese.
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God bless Archbishop Cordileone! Praying for him and all our Bishops!
In Italy, the patronal nameday for a man named “Salvatore” is the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Savior. Pray for the archbishop-elect this coming August 6!
This is great! San Francisco needs leadership like this. Too much is going on this city that is anti-Catholic and events insulting too all religions.
The commenters at the SF Chronicle website were up in arms.
God bless Pope Benedict XVI for appointing Bishop .
What a breath of fresh air is blowing through the hills of San Francisco, and what a marvelous opportunity for northern California. There is Bishop Vasa to the north in Santa Rosa, Bishop Soto to the east in Sacramento, and now Bishop Cordileone taking the reins in San Francisco. Praise God, if the Holy Father can find a suitable replacement for the bereaved Diocese of Oakland, this could become a stronghold for the Church for decades.
Something GOOD just happened in San Francisco!
Deo Gratias! Alleluia! I pray for Archbishop Cordileone, trusting that God will help him to feed the flock with the Truth, and that many of the “lost sheep” will be gathered in.
God Bless Pope Benedict for this appointment. It will be a tough assignmnt but with the name Salvatore (Savior) Cordileone (Heart of a Lion), it seems to be fore-ordained. He should be up to the task, but he will need all our prayers.
It is quite enlightening to see how so many accept Archbishop Cordileone’s rhetorical fallacies as good orthodox theology. But beyond that, this appointment is proof positive of the disdain the Holy See has for its gay catholics.
Start withholding communion to those heretics elected to office that support abortion. Give them a blessing instead and tell them to move on. I know Christ died for us, but isn’t going through unpopularity the least that can be done for someone who gave His life for us? The message of the Church needs more clarity, and less charity.
Thanks be to God and congratulations to Archbishop Cordelione! May Our Lord and Mama Mary guide and protect him in SF. We’re praying for you here in San Diego.
Congratulations on being appointed Archbishop of San Francisco. May Mother Mary bless. May Jesus Shine upon your face. God Bless You in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
He is truly part of the ‘controlling’ hierarchy…having his way or the highway…the church needs to have leaders who follow Jesus…not try to control what they think is right…Jesus welcomed everyone and did not exclude those who were different…he really needs to search his inner self…to see if this is really what Jesus would do???? I will pray for his conversion.
In mercy,
JHL
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