Subject: Three Members of the Knights of Columbus to Join College of Cardinals

Worthy Brother Knights,

The State Deputy James R. Scroggin has asked that the email below be sent to all in our database with an email address.  He has also asked that this be put on the State Web site at www.kofc-california.org.

Please read about the 'Three Members of the Knights of Columbus to Join College of Cardinals'.

Fraternally,
Barry J.M. Crawley
Executive Secretary


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Pope Benedict XVI, on Oct. 17, announced the elevation two K of C members
to the College of Cardinals: Archbishops John P. Foley and Daniel N.
DiNardo. The Cardinals-designate will join 21 other churchmen in receiving
their red hats and rings during a Nov. 24 consistory in Rome

Cardinal-designate Foley  is a Pennsylvania native and member of Our Lady
of Lourdes Council 4546 in Philadelphia. He was recently named pro-grand
master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem after
serving for 23 years as the president of the Pontifical Council for Social
Communications.

Cardinal-designate DiNardo  was born in Steubenville, Ohio, and was
ordained a priest for the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He is a former  bishop of
Sioux City, Iowa, and was installed as archbishop of Galveston-Houston in
2004. He is a member of Father Vincent Joseph Guinan Council 13940 at the
University of St. Thomas in Houston.

Cardinal-designate Francisco Robles Ortega, native of Mascota, Mexico, is a
member of Santa Martha Council 14098 in Monterrey. He was ordained in 1976
and served as auxiliary bishop and bishop of the Diocese of Toluca before
being appointed archbishop of Monterrey in 2003. He serves as chaplain of
the Northeast Mexico State Council.

On Oct. 18, Pope Benedict XVI elevated two Canadian bishops,both Knights of
Columbus, to become metropolitan archbishops. They are Bishop Martin Currie
of Grand Falls, who becomes metropolitan archbishop of Saint John&rsquos,
Nfld., and Bishop Anthony Mancini, auxiliary bishop of Montreal, as
metropolitan archbishop of Halifax, N.S. Bishop Currie is a Fourth Degree
Knight who joined the Order in 1972, and is a member of Cobequid Council
6633 in Truro, N.S.. Bishop Mancini is a Fourth Degree Knight who joined
the order in 1970. He is a member of Montreal Council 284.