The first black president of the U.S. Conference of CatholicBishops and an auxiliary bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese ofChicago are among candidates being considered by the Vatican toreplace Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland, who reached themandatory retirement age of 75 this week, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported.
Citing sources in Italy, the newspaper said the pool of leadingreplacement candidates includes:
*Bishop Wilton Gregory of Belleville, who was elected to the toppost in the U.S. Conference last year. Gregory was born and ordainedin Chicago and served 10 years as an auxiliary bishop to the lateCardinal Joseph Bernardin.
*Auxiliary …
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