Not to focus on trivialities, but...

Congratulations to the people of Lose Angeles on their new co-adjutor Bishop, congratulations to the new bishop and congratulations to the soon-to-be-out-gong Cardinal,

I refuse to agree with bloggers and commentators, (over at Fr Z's for example,) who chortle that this is not a "win" for Mahony.

Nonsense - for starters, this is not a game with winners and losers.

But more significantly, if Gomez is a good bishop his appointment is a "win" for all men of good will, whether he is the choice they would have made or not.

But here's my huh?, from Cardinal Mahony's own blog --

The first four Bishops of the Los Angeles territory were Hispanic Bishop, to be followed by five Bishops/Archbishops of Irish descent, and myself of German and Italian background.

With a name like that, he's not of Irish extraction?