NEW MEXICO
Gallup Independent

Published in the Gallup Independent, Gallup, NM, July 3, 2015

By Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola
Independent correspondent
religion@gallupindependent.com

ALBUQUERQUE — The Diocese of Gallup’s request to auction unwanted real property in Arizona and New Mexico was approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David T. Thuma June 26.

The purpose of the property auction is to help the Gallup Diocese fund its plan of reorganization, including payment of administrative expenses.

With Thuma’s approval, the Gallup Diocese will now hire Tucson Realty & Trust and Accelerated Marketing Group, a California firm, to conduct the auction and an accompanying media blitz designed to promote the auction. Statements submitted by both companies assert the firms have “extensive experience marketing difficult, rural properties” in the Southwest.

If the auction is scheduled as diocesan attorneys first proposed, it should be held within 90 days of Thuma’s order, or before the end of…