Full Text of HR0507 94th General Assembly
HR0507 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Msgr. Kevin William Vann of the Diocese of | 3 |
| Springfield has been appointed Coadjutor
Bishop-designate of | 4 |
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Diocese of Fort Worth by Pope
Benedict XVI; and
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| WHEREAS, The announcement was made May 17, 2005, in | 6 |
| Washington D.C., by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic | 7 |
| nuncio to the United States; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop-designate Kevin Vann will assist Bishop | 9 |
| Joseph P. Delaney in the day-to-day affairs of the diocese; as | 10 |
| a coadjutor, he will assume the office of bishop when the | 11 |
| office becomes vacant; the Diocese of Fort Worth is made up of | 12 |
| 28 counties in north central Texas; it has more than 400,000 | 13 |
| Catholics, with 90 parishes served by 113 priests and 62 | 14 |
| deacons; and
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| WHEREAS, Msgr. Vann is currently the Pastor of Blessed | 16 |
| Sacrament Catholic Church in Springfield and Vicar for Priests | 17 |
| of the diocese; he was born May 10, 1951, was baptized in | 18 |
| Blessed Sacrament Parish, and grew up in nearby St. Agnes | 19 |
| Parish; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to entering the seminary, Msgr. Vann | 21 |
| received his associate's degree from Springfield College in | 22 |
| Illinois and his bachelor's degree in medical technology from | 23 |
| Millikin University in Decatur; he began his religious studies | 24 |
| at the Diocesan Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in | 25 |
| Springfield, and then graduated from Kenrick Seminary in St. | 26 |
| Louis; he received his diploma in Latin Letters from Pontifical | 27 |
| Gregorian University, Rome, and his canon law degree from the | 28 |
| Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome; he also | 29 |
| taught canon law at Kenrick Seminary; and
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| WHEREAS, As a newly-ordained priest, Msgr. Vann was a |
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| parochial vicar at Cathedral Parish and Blessed Sacrament | 2 |
| Parish in Springfield; he was pastor at St. Benedict in Auburn | 3 |
| and Our Lady of Lourdes; while retaining his principal | 4 |
| parochial assignments, he acted as parochial administrator to | 5 |
| St. Mary Parish in Pittsfield, Holy Redeemer Parish in Barry, | 6 |
| Holy Family Parish in Griggsville (1989-1990), St. Mary in | 7 |
| Pawnee (1991-1992), Our Lady of the Holy Spirit in Mt. Zion | 8 |
| (1995), St. Isidore in Bethany, and Sacred Heart in Dalton City | 9 |
| (1995-1997); and
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| WHEREAS, Msgr. Vann served as diocesan judge, defender of | 11 |
| the bond, and advocate for the Office of the Tribunal for nine | 12 |
| years; he was dean of the Decatur Deanery from 1996 to 2001 and | 13 |
| currently serves on the Committee for Hispanic Ministry and is | 14 |
| the Episcopal contact for Hispanic ministry; he served as a | 15 |
| judge on the Interdiocesan Court of Appeals, Province of | 16 |
| Chicago, and has served as adjutant judicial vicar since 1994; | 17 |
| he is a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre; in February of 2002, he | 18 |
| received the papal honor, being named a Chaplain to His | 19 |
| Holiness (Monsignor); therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 22 |
| we congratulate Msgr. Kevin Vann on his appointment as | 23 |
| Coadjutor
Bishop-designate of the
Diocese of Fort Worth; and be | 24 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 26 |
| presented to Msgr. Kevin Vann as an expression of our | 27 |
| admiration and esteem.
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