When the old bishop had taken his seatv Cardiel stood.
The first floor of the old bishop's residence was used for classrooms by the students and ten faculty members.
He would go on to become the oldest bishop in the Mexican church, living beyond his 100th birthday.
In Siena, the political class objected to a 24-year old bishop who was a foreigner.
He was the oldest bishop from the United States at the council.
"I'm sure the old bishop thought exactly the same thing when they elected him," I said encouragingly.
Maybe the old bishop, in dying, had reached out a demonic hand to take her soul with his.
It had already been three weeks since the old bishop's death, and I did not think they would delay the election of his successor for long.
"I knew you defeated the monster that appeared right after the old bishop's funeral," she said.
Fine old bishop with a broken nose in the patio.