Electing our bishops
Subtitle: how the Catholic Church should choose its leaders
By: Joseph F. O'Callaghan.
Publisher: Sheed & Ward
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780742558199; 9780742558205
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Bishops -- Appointment, call, and election -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-183) and index.
Table of contents: title: Bishop and people : a bond of trust; title: Election of bishops by clergy and people in the early church; title: Royal nomination of bishops in the early Middle Ages; title: To the eve of the Protestant Reformation; title: From the Protestant Reformation to Vatican II; title: Contemporary appointment of bishops; title: "Is he worthy?"; title: Epilogue : re-membering a dis-membered church.