Fox News New York:An unholy theft happened in Brooklyn.

Officials of the Diocese of Brooklyn said someone stole the Social Security number and birth date of its bishop and used the information to apply for credit cards.

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio's credit card company called to notify the cleric that someone was trying to open a new account in his name sometime during the Christmas holidays. Diocese spokesman the Rev. Kieran Harrington said the bishop called police.

Harrington says the bishop was lucky because no money was taken and no cards were actually obtained.

I am entirely in sympathy with the bishop. My name is rather common, and along the way linked in some databases to some deadbeats, so I get someone else's collection notices often.

It will be interesting to see how much schadenfreude it engenders on the net.