‘Mornings with Maria’ host Maria Bartiromo interviews Cardinal Timothy Dolan about his resignation and the pope’s election of Ron Hicks as the new Archbishop of New York.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan will celebrate his final Midnight Christmas Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on December 24 as he heads into retirement, but he has a plan to stay busy, a business plan.
Dolan said he has already received offers to write a book and participate in a documentary as he steps down from his role as Archbishop of New York, a position he has held for about 16 years.
In a recent interview with Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures,” Dolan talked about the steps he has taken toward retirement and what he hopes to pursue next.
“People know that when you turn 75 — any bishop — he’s going to retire soon,” Dolan said. “So people know that, and they’re going to write to you. So I got some requests, like to go to some universities, just to be on campus, maybe to take a sabbatical, maybe to teach a course.
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“I even got an offer to write a book. I got an offer to make a documentary about the status of the church in the United States. So things are coming in, and I’m going to appreciate the opportunity to set my own schedule.”
Dolan noted that he resigned in February, as required by canon law.
“It is canon law, church law, that when a bishop turns 75, you have to submit your resignation to the Bishop of Rome, the Holy Father,” Dolan said. “So I did, and about two weeks later I got the letter back saying… ‘The Holy Father accepts your resignation.'”
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New York Archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan leads Mass at Beit Jala Latin Parish in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, April 14, 2024. (Yosri Aljamal/Reuters)
The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Leo has named Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, as the next Archbishop of New York, putting him at the helm of the 2.8 million Catholics who make up the Archdiocese of New York.
Dolan has led the archdiocese since 2009.
Dolan will continue to oversee the archdiocese as apostolic administrator until Archbishop-designate Hicks formally takes office on February 6 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan speaks during a Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Christmas Eve in New York, December 24, 2023. (Reuters/Jeenah Maan/Reuters)
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