Comment: Good comments, Monica.
 
I imagine you'll agree that the discussion about who might be the first gay saint presupposes a fairly modern paradigm about sexual orientation. The norm throughout most of history has been for a somewhat flexible line. It's doubtful that Paul -- or most of the sacred authors, for that matter -- even thought in terms of  'straightness' or 'gayness,' but rather in terms of what they perceived as moral or immoral actions.

Regarding RC bishops, it seems that these days intellectual curiosity is not high on the list of qualifications. There are plenty of intellectually curious priests (well, some anyway), but they tend to get weeded out well before they rise to the level of the episcopacy, sad to say.