It's a matter of picking up where they left off. When Pope Benedict resigned last month work on finding the next Bishop Of Rochester was put on hold. Father Bill Graf, Chairman of the Religion Department at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, thinks there is a likely list of hopefuls that will be presented soon to Pope Francis.
Bishop Matthew Clark's retirement took effect last September and Syracuse Bishop Robert Cunningham has been acting as the Apostolic administrator for the Rochester Diocese since.