SAN DIEGO (CA)
San Francisco Chronicle
Kevin Fagan
Published 12:52 p.m., Monday, August 27, 2012
(08-27) 12:49 PDT SAN DIEGO — The bishop who is due to take the reins of the Archdiocese of San Francisco next month was arrested Saturday in San Diego on suspicion of drunken driving, according to officials at the San Diego Police Department.
Bishop Salvatore Cordileone, 56, has been bishop of Oakland since 2009 and was named in July by the Vatican to become the new archbishop in San Francisco on Oct. 4.
The bishop has longtime roots in San Diego. He was born there, studied at the St. Francis Seminary there and serve as an official for many years in its diocese. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of San Diego in 2002, was ordained a bishop later that year, and then was appointed bishop of Oakland on March 23, 2009.
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