The Reform of the Papacy: The Costly Call to Christian Unity (Ut Unim Sint)

Quinn, John

ISBN 10: 0824524047 / ISBN 13: 9780824524043

Published by Crossroad Publishing, 2007

About this Item

A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras arenâ t guaranteedâ but the storyâ s all there!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Reform of the Papacy: The Costly Call to Christian Unity (Ut Unim Sint)
• Publisher: Crossroad Publishing
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824524047
• ISBN 13: 9780824524043
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Catholic Press Award-winner. With the ascendancy of a new pope and his papal visit to the U.S. in 2009, the future of the Catholic church is again on the minds of many. In this influential bestseller, John R. Quinn, who served as Archbishop of San Francisco, makes a clear and bold case for reform within the Catholic Church, particularly of the policies and procedures of the Roman Curia.

About the Author

John Raphael Quinn (born March 28, 1929) is a Roman Catholic bishop, currently the Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of San Francisco; he served as the archdiocese's sixth archbishop from 1977 to 1995. Archbishop Quinn also served as president of the United States Catholic Conference and National Conference of Catholic Bishops from 1977 to 1980. Quinn was born in Riverside, California, and was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of San Diego on July 19, 1953. He was named an auxiliary bishop for San Diego and titular bishop of Thisiduo on October 21, 1967, and consecrated December 12. On November 17, 1971, he was appointed Bishop of Oklahoma City-Tulsa. When the diocese was split to form the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa on December 13, 1972, Quinn became the first Archbishop of Oklahoma City. In 1977, Quinn was reassigned to become the Archbishop of San Francisco. Quinn's was a popular appointment in 1977 and for almost his entire episcopate in San Francisco he enjoyed the support of priests and laymen. In the early years of his time as Archbishop he was simultaneously president of the USCC/NCCB, which often kept him away from the archdiocese. Early in his career in San Francisco, Quinn recognized that the Archdiocese was too large and he was instrumental in devising plans for the creation of the Diocese of San Jose which was erected by Pope John Paul II on January 27, 1981. The first bishop of the new diocese was Bishop Pierre DuMaine who had until then been an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Links between the two adjacent dioceses remain strong, as the second (and current) Bishop of San Jose is the former San Francisco auxiliary Bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath.