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It has been quite a couple of months, some of the busiest the blog has ever seen. In all, we have seen ten holy men appointed Archbishops or Bishops to various dioceses throughout the United States since April. Three liturgies of either welcome or installation have already been celebrated; these include, the welcome ceremony for Coadjutor Archbishop Jose Gomez in Los Angeles, the installation of Archbishop Thomas Wenski in Miami, and the installation of Bishop Thomas Paprocki in Springfield, IL. In the upcoming months, we will see the remaining seven ordained and/or installed in various celebrations:

• Bishop-elect Timothy Doherty will be ordained to the episcopacy and installed as the sixth Bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana on July 15, 2010.
• Bishop-elect David O’Connell will be ordained to episcopacy and welcomed as the Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Trenton on July 30, 2010 in the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption.
• Bishop-elect John J. McIntyre will be ordained to the episcopacy and take over the office of Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on August 6, 2010 at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul.
• Bishop-elect Michael Fitzgerald will be ordained to the episcopacy and take over the office of Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on August 6, 2010 at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul.
• Bishop-designate William Patrick Callahan will be installed as the tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Lacrosse on August 11, 2010.
• Bishop-designate Joseph McFadden will be installed as the tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg on August 18, 2010.
• Bishop-elect F. Richard Spencer will be ordained to the episcopacy and take over the office of Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services during a 2:00 p.m. celebration at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC on September 8, 2010.

Also on the list of upcoming events is the Pallium Mass in Rome where newly installed Archbishops will receive the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI. The Mass will take place on June 29, 2010. Included in the list of Archbishops receiving the pallium from the Holy Father are: Archbishop Jerome Listecki (Milwaukee), Archbishop Dennis Schnurr (Cincinnati), and Archbishop Thomas Wenski (Miami).

On a side note, the delegation for Archbishop Wenski was reportedly so large that tickets from other delegations had to be used.  Included in the delegation are priest, religious, and lay faithful from the Archdiocese of Miami and the Diocese of Orlando, numbering over 200. The delegations for Listecki and Schnurr number around 100 each.

The Pallium Mass will be aired live on EWTN and the Archdiocese of Miami website on June 29th at 3:30 a.m. EST. For those who will not be awake at that time, CatholicTV will air the ceremony at noon Eastern. If you miss those, encores will be available on EWTN and CatholicTV later on in the evening. Stay tuned!