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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Bishop Louis Puscas, of Aurora, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on October 3, 2009; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, He was born September 13, 1915 in Aurora; Bishop | ||||||
| 6 | Puscas studied for the Romanian Byzantine Church priesthood | ||||||
| 7 | under the patronage of the Latin Rite Diocese of Rockford, | ||||||
| 8 | studying for two years in Romania, two years in Rome, Italy, | ||||||
| 9 | and two years at the Benedictine Seminary in Lisle; during his | ||||||
| 10 | last year in the seminary, he was transferred to the care of | ||||||
| 11 | the Latin Rite Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, He was ordained a priest on Ascension Thursday, | ||||||
| 13 | May 14, 1942 at St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Munhall, | ||||||
| 14 | Pennsylvania, by the Most Reverend Basil Tach, Bishop of the | ||||||
| 15 | Ruthenian Byzantine Church of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Most | ||||||
| 16 | Reverend John Mark Gannon, Archbishop of the Latin Rite Diocese | ||||||
| 17 | of Erie, Pennsylvania appointed Father Louis as Pastor of St. | ||||||
| 18 | John the Baptist Church in Farrell, Pennsylvania and of St. | ||||||
| 19 | George Church in Erie, Pennsylvania; both churches belonged to | ||||||
| 20 | the Romanian Byzantine Church and were under the care of the | ||||||
| 21 | Latin Rite Diocese of Erie; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, In 1960 Father Louis received permission from Rome | ||||||
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| 1 | to serve also in the Latin Rite; on May 23, 1960 Father Louis | ||||||
| 2 | was transferred to Gannon College in Erie as a member of the | ||||||
| 3 | staff and became Dean of Students and Athletic Director; on | ||||||
| 4 | February 1, 1965, Father Louis, after serving twenty-three | ||||||
| 5 | years in the Diocese of Erie, was granted permission to return | ||||||
| 6 | to his home Diocese of Rockford for parish assignment; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, He was appointed Pastor of St. George Church in | ||||||
| 8 | Aurora, where he served 18 1/2 years, and was very instrumental | ||||||
| 9 | in the erection and organization of St. George Church as it | ||||||
| 10 | exists today; Father Louis was consecrated Bishop on June 26, | ||||||
| 11 | 1983 at St. John the Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan by | ||||||
| 12 | Archbishop of Rome, Italy, Secretary of the Sacred Congregation | ||||||
| 13 | of Saints; Pope John Paul II of fond memory appointed Bishop | ||||||
| 14 | Louis as the first Bishop of the newly created Romanian | ||||||
| 15 | Byzantine Diocese of Canton, Ohio; He was retired on July 15, | ||||||
| 16 | 1993; Emeritus Bishop Louis left Canton, Ohio on September 1, | ||||||
| 17 | 1993 and retired to Aurora; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Louis and | ||||||
| 19 | Emma (Terebesi) Puscas; his sisters, Sister Emily Puscas, | ||||||
| 20 | O.S.F., and Mary (John) Kish; and by his brother, Victor | ||||||
| 21 | Puscas; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Bishop Louis Puscas is survived by his | ||||||
| 23 | sister-in-law, Barbara Puscas; his nephews, Stephen (Suzanne) | ||||||
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| 1 | Puscas, Michael (Colleen) Puscas, Louis (Cathy) Puscas, Victor | ||||||
| 2 | (Elizabeth) Puscas, John Anthony Kish, and Edward Kish; his | ||||||
| 3 | nieces, Mary (Richard) McCarthy and Julie (Gary) Feltes; and | ||||||
| 4 | numerous grand nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 7 | his family and friends, the passing of Bishop Louis Puscas; and | ||||||
| 8 | be it further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 10 | presented to the family of Bishop Louis Puscas as a symbol of | ||||||
| 11 | our sincere sympathy.
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