{"id":2691,"date":"2007-03-06T06:57:18","date_gmt":"2007-03-06T06:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/03\/ah-bishops.html"},"modified":"2007-03-06T06:57:18","modified_gmt":"2007-03-06T06:57:18","slug":"ah-bishops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/03\/ah-bishops.html","title":{"rendered":"Ah, bishops…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas and Lake Charles:<\/a><\/p>\n

(This is the news on the Vatican website, only in Italian for now) <\/p>\n

Dallas, your new bishop is Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, auxiliary bishop of Washington, D.C., Here’s his info<\/a> Born in Ireland:<\/p>\n

He entered the novitiate of the Legionnaires of Christ in 1966 and received an M.A. in Philosophy and an S.T.L. in Theology after studies in Rome. (No longer an LC. His brother, BIshop Brian Farrell, LC<\/a>. is still a Legionary and is Secretary of the Ponitifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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After being ordained to the priesthood in Rome on December 24, 1978, then-Father Farrell was assigned to be the chaplain for the University of Monterrey in Mexico. While there, he conducted seminars in bioethics and social ethics.<\/p>\n

Bishop Farrell first visited the United States in 1967 while raising funds for the missions of Latin America through the Propagation of the Faith. His first assignment in the Archdiocese of Washington was as associate pastor at St. Peter, Olney in 1984. He then served at St. Bartholomew in Bethesda and St. Thomas the Apostle in Washington, DC. <\/p>\n

In 1986, he was chosen by Cardinal James A. Hickey to be the director of the Spanish Catholic Center, an agency of the Archdiocese of Washington that primarily serves the Hispanic community and new immigrants through legal assistance, education, employment assistance and health care. In 1987, Bishop Farrell also became assistant executive director of Catholic Charities and then was named the interim director in 1988. <\/p>\n

From 1989 to March 2001, he served as Secretary of Finance for the Archdiocese of Washington. He was named a Prelate of Honor, with the title of Monsignor, in 1995 by Pope John Paul II.<\/p>\n

From October 2000 to March 2002, he was pastor of Annunciation parish in Northwest Washington, DC. Since March 2001, he has served as vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Archdiocese of Washington. He was ordained an auxiliary bishop in Washington, DC on February 11, 2002.<\/p>\n

Bishop Farrell serves on the board of directors of CLINIC (Catholic Legal Immigration Network) and is a member of several committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, including Consecrated Life, Migration and Hispanic Affairs. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lake Charles, your new bishop is Monsignor Glen John Provost of the Diocese of Lafayette: <\/p>\n

Pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Parish. Born in 1949, studied at St. Joseph’s College in St. Benedict, LA and the PNAC, ordained in 1975 at St. Peter’s Basilica, and has spent the years since in pastoral ministry in the Diocese of Lafayette.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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