ABSTRACT
The author's interest in the topic of episcopal mobility and translation in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century England was being channeled into this chapter at much the same time that the archdiocese of New York was undergoing a major turnover of personnel, affecting the man at the very top of the pyramid. After Easter 2009, Archbishop Egan carried through his announced plan; he retired, at age 77, after nine years as the primate of The Big Apple, now at the end of a career that had begun with his ordination in 1957 and that had included stints as auxiliary bishop of New York and bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was replaced, in what was good medieval fashion, by Timothy Dolan, a mere 59 years old and now being transferred or translated to New York after having served as archbishop of Milwaukee since 2002.
