Salvatore J. Cordileone
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Bishop Salvatore J. Corileone (born in San Diego, California on June 5, 1956)[1] is an auxilary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, California. He was ordained a priest on July 9, 1982, and is the titular bishop of Natchesium. He was appointed auxilary bishop of San Diego by Pope John Paul II on July 5, 2002, and was consecrated bishop on August 21, 2002[2].
[edit] Education
He attended Crawford High School in San Diego, as well as San Diego State University, the University of San Diego and St. Francis Seminary. He also studied at the Pontifical North American College. After ordination he returned to Rome and obtained a doctorate in canon law.[3]
[edit] Service as bishop
He serves on the episcopal advisory board of the Institute for Religious Life[4]. At the annual meeting of the U.S. bishops in Baltimore in November, 2006, in the course of consideration of the document which issued as "Happy Are Those Who Are Called to His Supper" [5] he proposed to the gathered bishops that the use of contraception should be included in a list of thoughts or actions constituting grave matter[6].The proposal was defeated, although a separate document approved at the meeting mentioned that the Catholic Church says that "contraception is objectively immoral." [7]
[edit] References
- ^ Catholic-Hierarchy.org
- ^ Biography, Diocese of San Diego website
- ^ S.D. native named to auxiliary bishop post Sandi Dolbee, San Diego Union-Tribune, July 6, 2002
- ^ IRL Board of Directors and Advisory Boards
- ^ "Happy Are Those Who Are Called to His Supper":On Preparing to Receive Christ Worthily in the Eucharist, p. 9
- ^ U.S. Catholic bishops tackle contraception, gays, communion, Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 15, 2006
- ^ Married Love and the Gift of Life, p. 4
