now hiring in Knoxville

Congratulations to Bishop Joseph Kurtz on his promotion to Archbishop of Louisville. He does a fine job of bishoping and we will miss him in Knoxville. His presence helped make this the most vibrant diocese in America.

A Catholic blogger is credited with reporting the first rumors about the transfer. Today he posted an update, written Kentucky Derby style. Another Catholic blogger posted several updates over the past couple of days. Last July, Bishop Kurtz was rumored to be a candidate for a job in Pittsburgh. At the time, I wrote about how the Bishop always remembers meeting my mother and my grandmother four years ago at my daughter's Confirmation. To the surprise of no one, the story came up again this year at my son's Confirmation.