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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of  Monsignor 
4Virgil W. Mank, who passed away on June 28, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Msgr. Virgil Mank was born on December 25, 1939 in 
6New Baden; his parents were William C. and Louise A. Mank; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Msgr. Virgil Mank was ordained a priest at the 
8Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield by Bishop 
9William A. O'Connor on May 22, 1965; he began his more than 50 
10years of priestly service in the diocese of Springfield as 
11Associate Pastor of St. Agnes Parish in Springfield from 1965 
12to 1969; he served as Associate Pastor of St. Elizabeth Parish 
13in Granite City from 1969 to 1970; from 1970 to 1975, he served 
14as Chaplain of the Newman Community at Eastern Illinois 
15University in Charleston; he served as Associate Pastor at SS. 
16Peter & Paul Parish in Collinsville from 1975 to 1977 and as 
17Co-Administrator at St. Mary Catholic Church in Taylorville and 
18at St. Rita Catholic Church in Kincaid from 1977 to 1979; he 
19also served as Pastor of St. Mary of the Assumption in Ste. 
20Marie and St. Valentine at The Bend from 1979 to 1981, Pastor 
21at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Glen Carbon from 1981 to 
221988, Pastor at St. Ambrose Parish in Godfrey from 1988 to 
232004, and Pastor of St. Jerome Catholic Church in Troy from 
 
 
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12004 to 2009; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Msgr. Virgil Mank was appointed Dean of the Alton 
3Deanery in 1987, serving until his retirement in 2009; he 
4served as Parochial Administrator of the Diocese from October 
53, 1999 to December 19, 1999; on February 19, 2002, he received 
6the honor as Chaplain to his Holiness (Monsignor) by Pope John 
7Paul II; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Msgr. Virgil Mank was preceded in death by his 
9parents; his brother, Louis A. Mank; and his brothers-in-law, 
10William Wadlow and Richard Gier; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Msgr. Virgil Mank is survived by his sisters, 
12Darlene Wadlow and Mary Gier; his brothers, Billy (Connie) 
13Mank, James (Lynne) Mank, and Timothy (Michelle) Mank; and many 
14nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and cousins; 
15therefore, be it
  
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
17NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
18we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of 
19Monsignor Virgil W. Mank; and be it further
  
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
21presented to the family of Msgr. Virgil Mank as an expression 
 
 
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1of our sympathy.