Daniel DiNardo

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Daniel Cardinal DiNardo
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Daniel Nicholas Cardinal DiNardo (born May 23, 1949 in Steubenville , Ohio ) is Archbishop of Galveston-Houston and President of the Bishops' Conference of the United States since 2016 .

Life

After attending St. Anne Grade School (1955–1963) at Castle Shannon and the Jesuit School in Pittsburgh (1963–1967), DiNardo attended St. Paul Seminary and Duquesne University (1967–1969). From 1969 he was a student at the Catholic University of America , where he completed his studies with a master's degree in philosophy .

On July 16, 1977 by Bishop Vincent Leonard Martin for priests of the Diocese of Pittsburgh ordained , he was then chaplain of the parish of St. Pius X in 1981 and Vice-Chancellor of the Curia of the Bishop of Pittsburgh and professor at St. Paul Seminary. Living in Rome from 1984 to December 1990 and working in the Congregation for the Bishops , he then became Deputy Head of the Secretariat for the Catholic Schools in the Vicariate General and Pastor of the Madonna del Castello Church in Swissvale in his home diocese . In 1994 he became pastor of the new St. Peter and Paul Congregation in Franklin Park Borough.

1997 Coadjutor Bishop of Sioux City appointed, he received on 7 October 1997 by Bishop Lawrence Donald Soens the episcopal ordination . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Pittsburgh, Donald William Wuerl , and the Bishop of La Crosse , Raymond Leo Burke . Since November 28, 1998 himself Bishop of Sioux City, he became Coadjutor of the Bishop of Galveston-Houston on January 16, 2004. He received on 29 December 2004 with the elevation of the diocese to archdiocese personal title Archbishop and was there in 2006 archbishop on 28 February.

On November 24, 2007, Benedict XVI took him . as a cardinal priest with the titular church Sant'Eusebio in the college of cardinals . Cardinal DiNardo attended the 2013 conclave after Benedict XVI. resigned on February 28, 2013.

On November 15, 2016, Cardinal DiNardo was elected President of the Bishops' Conference of the United States and held this office for 3 years.

Memberships

Roman Curia

Daniel Cardinal DiNardo is a member of the following institutions of the Roman Curia :

Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem

Cardinal DiNardo is Grand Prior of the USA South Western Lieutenancy of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .

Honors

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nomina del Coadiutore di Galveston-Houston (USA). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 16, 2004, accessed December 28, 2014 (Italian).
  2. erezione della Provincia Ecclesiastica di Galveston-Houston (USA) e nomina del Primo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 29, 2004, accessed December 28, 2014 (Italian).
  3. ^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Galveston-Houston (USA). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office], February 28, 2006, accessed December 28, 2014 (Italian).
  4. ^ US bishops-elect Cardinal Daniel DiNardo as their new president
  5. ^ Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 12, 2008, accessed December 28, 2014 (Italian).
  6. ^ Nomina di Membri e di Consultori del Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, January 17, 2009, accessed December 28, 2014 (Italian).
  7. Comunicato della Sala Stampa della Santa Sede. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, March 8, 2014, accessed December 28, 2014 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
Lawrence Donald Soens Bishop of Sioux City
1998-2005
Ralph Walker Nickless
Joseph Anthony Fiorenza Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
since 2006
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