Texan is elevated to cardinal in bow to U.S. Latinos

“The naming of DiNardo, 58, was something of a surprise since there are several other U.S. archdioceses that usually have cardinals leading them, including Washington and Baltimore, but the pope did not elevate their archbishops.

However, the Rev. Robert Wister, professor of church history at Seton Hall University, said just because a diocese has had a cardinal doesn’t mean it will always have a cardinal.

He said he wasn’t surprised by Di- Nardo’s appointment.

“This is a very clear recognition of the growth and importance of the Latino population in the Catholic Church in the United States, and in particular it’s a recognition of the Mexican-American presence in the church, of which there is a very large number in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston,” he said.”*

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