Sixty-two and Counting...

In case anyone is keeping track, sixty-two bishops have publicly expressed disapproval of Notre Dame University's decision to invite pro-abortion, pro-fetal stem cell research President Barack Obama to speak and receive an honorary degree.

In alphabetical order, following Notre Dame's diocesan authority Bishop John D'ARcy, the bishops are:

1. Bishop John D'Arcy - Fort Wayne-South Bend, IN
2. Bishop Samuel Aquila - Fargo, ND
3. Bishop Gregory Aymond - Austin, TX
4. Bishop Gerald Barbarito - Palm Beach, FL
5. Bishop Leonard Blair - Toledo, OH
6. Archbishop Daniel Buechlein - Indianapolis, IN
7. Bishop Robert Baker - Birmingham, AL
8. Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz - Lincoln, NE
9. Archbishop Eusebius Beltran - Oklahoma City, OK
10. Auxiliary Bishop Oscar Cantú - San Antonio, TX
11. Archbishop Charles Chaput - Denver, CO
12. Bishop Paul Coakley - Salina, KS
13. Bishop Edward Cullen - Allentown, PA
14. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo - Houston, TX
15. Archbishop Timothy Dolan - New York, NY
16. Bishop Thomas Doran - Rockford, IL
17. Auxiliary Bishop John Dougherty - Scranton, PA
18. Bishop Robert Finn - Kansas City-St. Joseph, MO
19. Bishop Joseph Galante - Camden, NJ
20. Bishop Victor Galeone - St. Augustine, FL
21. Cardinal Francis George - Chicago, IL; President, USCCB
22. Bishop Gerald Gettelfinger - Evansville, IN
23. Archbishop José Gomez - San Antonio, TX
24. Bishop Bernard Harrington - Winona, MN
25. Bishop Robert Hermann - St. Louis, MO
26. Bishop William Higi - Lafayette, IN
27. Archbishop Alfred Hughes - New Orleans, LA
28. Bishop Michael O. Jackels - Wichita, KS
29. Bishop James V. Johnston - Springfield-Cape Girardeau, MO
30. Bishop Peter Jugis - Charlotte, NC
31. Bishop Joseph Latino - Jackson, MS
32. Bishop John LeVoir - New Ulm, MN
33. Bishop Jerome Listecki - La Crosse, WI
34. Bishop William E. Lori - Bridgeport, CT
35. Bishop Paul Loverde - Arlington, VA
36. Bishop George Lucas - Springfield, IL
37. Bishop Robert Lynch - St. Petersburg, FL
38. Bishop Joseph Martino - Scranton, PA
39. Bishop John McCormack - Manchester, NH
40. Bishop Robert Morlino - Madison, WI
41. Bishop William Murphy - Rockville Centre, NY
42. Bishop George Murry - Youngstown, OH
43. Archbishop John J. Myers - Newark, NJ
44. Archbishop Joseph Naumann - Kansas City, KS
45. Bishop R. Walker Nickless - Sioux City, IA
46. Archbishop John C. Nienstedt - St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN
47. Archbishop Edwin O'Brien - Baltimore, MD
48. Bishop Thomas Olmsted - Phoenix, AZ
49. Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk - Cincinnati, OH
50. Bishop Reymundo Pena - Brownsville, TX
51. Bishop Glen Provost - Lake Charles, LA
52. Cardinal Justin Rigali - Philadelphia, PA; Chairman, USCCB Pro-Life Committee
53. Bishop Kevin Rhoades - Harrisburg, PA
54. Bishop Alexander Sample - Marquette, MI
55. Bishop Edward J. Slattery - Tulsa, OK
56. Bishop Richard Stika - Knoxville, TN
57. Bishop Anthony Taylor - Little Rock, AR
58. Bishop Robert Vasa - Baker, OR
59. Bishop Michael Warfel - Great Falls-Billings, MT
60. Bishop Thomas Wenski - Orlando, FL
61. Archbishop Donald Wuerl - Washington, D.C.
62. Bishop David Zubick - Pittsburgh, PA


Archbishop Beltran said this in a letter to Notre Dame President Fr. John Jenkins:

"... President Obama has publicly and ruthlessly affronted the Catholic Church of America during the short time of his presidency. His single-handed actions have totally reversed decades of successes of the Church in the prolife cause. Needless to say, he deserves no honor or recognition from Notre Dame or any other Catholic institution."