Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Bishop Carl Moeddel Resigns Due to Illness

The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the archdiocese of Cincinnati, U.S.A., presented by Bishop Carl K. Moeddel, in accordance with canons 411 and 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law.
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Bishop Moeddel, second in command to Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk, is suffering from vascular dementia and will not return to ministry, according to a spokesman for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
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