*cough* Frs. Zendejas, Ortiz and Chazal *cough*
I agree; there are some good priests in the Resistance, who have kept their heads and have shown an amazing fortitude, clarity of thought, level-headedness and strength that could only come from God (a deep prayer life).
To be clear, although I said there aren't hundreds of candidates, that doesn't mean there is only 1.
One point that should be kept in mind though: There are good, holy, intelligent priests who are not necessarily willed by God to become bishops. I don't want to name any names or go into examples, since it might be taken as a kind of insult. Americans, especially, look at anyone who isn't "top dog" as being somehow lesser or deficient. But that's not how a Catholic should look at it. Some saints didn't even want to become priests, much less bishops, because they didn't feel God was calling them to that exalted office.
Let's put it this way: modern men can barely grasp the concept of a priestly vocation -- a man who lives a life of sacrifice. But what is even more incomprehensible? A brother or monk: a man who lives a celibate life of sacrifice for God but doesn't even "get to" say Mass or hear confessions. That vocation is even more incomprehensible to modern man.
(No, I don't have any of the 3 priests you mentioned in mind when I say "some priests are meant to stay priests" -- I'm "just saying".)
But then you have the extremely edifying story of St. Pius X, one of the best blessings the Church has received in the past 120 years, and he fought every step of the way of his promotion to the Papacy. "He who humbles himself shall be exalted."
Those who don't seek power are the best suited for it.
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