{"id":6173,"date":"2006-08-31T08:23:34","date_gmt":"2006-08-31T08:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/sioux-falls-gets-its-bishop.html"},"modified":"2006-08-31T08:23:34","modified_gmt":"2006-08-31T08:23:34","slug":"sioux-falls-gets-its-bishop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/sioux-falls-gets-its-bishop.html","title":{"rendered":"Sioux Falls gets its bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"

(No English yet – but in short…Monsignor Paul Joseph Swain, Vicar General of the Diocese of Madison, born in 1943, has a law degree, served in the military, received into the Catholic Church in 1982, ordained in 1988.)<\/p>\n

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Il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI ha nominato Vescovo di Sioux Falls (U.S.A.) il Rev.do Mons. Paul Joseph Swain, finora Vicario Generale di Madison.<\/p>\n

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Rev.do Mons. Paul Joseph Swain<\/p>\n

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Mons. Swain \u00e8 nato il 12 settembre 1943, da una famiglia di confessione Metodista. Dopo aver seguito le scuole elementari e medie, ha continuato la sua educazione superiore prima nella Ohio Northern University<\/em>, dove nel 1965 \u00e8 diventato Bachelor of Arts in History<\/em>; poi, all\u2019University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/em>, dove nel 1967 ha conseguito il Master of Arts in Political Science<\/em>; e successivamente, presso l\u2019University of Wisconsin Law School<\/em>, dove ha conseguito il titolo di Juris Doctor<\/em>, nel 1974. Nel frattempo ha partecipato alla Guerra in Vietnam (1967-1971), come Air Intelligence Officer<\/em>. Per i suoi meriti ha ottenuto l\u2019onorificenza di Vietnam Veteran Bronze Star. <\/em>Laureatosi in Diritto Civile, ha seguito la pratica giuridica: prima come Assistant Legal Counsel, League of Wisconsin Municipalities<\/em> (1975-1976); poi come Avvocato (1976-1979); e successivamente come Legal Counsel<\/em> del Governatore dello Stato di Wisconsin, Sig. Lee Sherman Dryfus (1979-1983).<\/p>\n

Dopo la sua conversione, \u00e8 stato ricevuto nella Chiesa Cattolica nel 1982. Nel 1983 ha iniziato la sua formazione per il sacerdozio, presso il Pope John XXIII National Seminary <\/em>a Weston, Massachusetts. Ha concluso nel 1988 conseguendo il titolo di Master of Divinity<\/em>.\u00c8 stato ordinato sacerdote il 27 maggio 1988 dal Vescovo Cletus F. O\u2019Donnell. Ha poi ricoperto i seguenti incarichi: 1988-1993: Vicario cooperatore di Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary<\/em> a Sun Prairie. 1993: Segretario di S.E. Bullock, Moderatore della Curia e Vice-Cancelliere. 1994-1997: Parroco di St. Mary of Pine Bluff. <\/em>1997-1999: Rettore della Cattedrale di St. Raphael<\/em> di Madison. 1997-2000: Vicario Generale. 2002: Parroco di St. Bernard<\/em> a Middleton. \u00c8 Prelato d\u2019Onore di sua Santit\u00e0 dal 14 giugno 1997 e membro dell\u2019Ordine Equestre del Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme. Attualmente \u00e8 Vicario Generale della diocesi di Madison e Rettore della Cattedrale di San Raffaele.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The see has been vacant since 2004, and you can’t help but wonder now if the story the American Papist reported a few weeks ago is true…<\/a><\/p>\n

On – *ahem* – deep background, comes the tale of a member of the Diocese of Sioux Falls, South Dakota calling the Vatican regarding a somewhat related topic. Towards the end of the conversation there is a sudden pause on the other end, and then in a surprised tone, “What? You don’t have a bishop? We thought you did!”<\/i> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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