On May 11th, Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento California and Bishop Gregory Mansour of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn, New York will be interviewed on the live CatholicTV talk show “This is the Day”.
In Rocco Palmo’s blog “Whispers in the Loggia” Palmo called Bishop Soto “the [Orange] auxiliary with an Ivy League pedigree, CNN face-time, a keen policy savvy and press-lauds for “tackling taboo topics”.
This is the Day airs at 10:30AM ET at CatholicTV.com and on CatholicTV. The show is rebroadcast at 7:30PM.
On October 11, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop Jaime Soto as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento.While serving as Coadjutor Bishop, he served as Moderator of the Curia, Vicar for Hispanics and Other Ethnic Ministries, and represented many pastoral and civic groups. Bishop Soto will discuss the importance of youth gatherings and the National Catholic Youth Conference on This is the Day (the interview was pre-recorded in Washington, DC).
On November 29, 2008, Bishop Jaime Soto became the head of the diocese upon the retirement of the Most Reverend Bishop William K. Weigand.
Also, on This is the Day will be Bishop Gregory Mansour. In January 2004, Pope John Paul II named Gregory Mansour Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn.
Bishop Mansour currently serves on three committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: Pro Life, Catechesis, and Catholic-Oriental Orthodox Dialogue. He serves as the Secretary for Christian Arab and Middle Eastern Churches Together (CAMECT). He is also a member of the Maronite Synod of Bishops that meets every year in Lebanon.
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