According to a Friday disclosure by the San Diego city attorney's office, the Rev. Salvatore Joseph Cordileone - San Francisco's Roman Catholic archbishop-designate - was stopped at a DUI checkpoint last weekend and arrested for allegedly driving under the influence.

The city attorney's office said Cordileone, 56, has been charged with two misdemeanors --- one count each of driving under the influence and of driving with a blood-alcohol level which was in excess of the .08 percent legal limit.

Revealing that Cordileone was arrested at a checkpoint in the 5100 block of College Avenue at around 12:30 a. m. August 25, San Diego police Officer Mark McCullough said that, when he was stopped at the checkpoint, Cordileone was driving with his mother as well as a visiting priest, after a get-together with friends.

As per the information shared by McCullough, Cordileone failed a field sobriety test, and then agreed to undergo optional preliminary alcohol screening for measuring his blood-alcohol level, which was found to be higher than the legally permissible levels.

Though he was released on a $2,500 bond, and has been ordered to appear in court on October 9, Cordileone - who is the present bishop of the Oakland Diocese, and is scheduled to be installed as the San Francisco Archbishop on October 4 - recently issued a statement to extend an apology for the incident, and acknowledged that he brought "shame" and "disgrace" upon himself.