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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Most Reverend Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, retired |
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archbishop of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, is serving as |
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Pastor of the Day for the Texas Senate on February 11, 2025; and |
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WHEREAS, After serving the archdiocese as coadjutor |
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archbishop, Cardinal DiNardo was appointed archbishop on |
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February 28, 2006; he served as a cardinal elector in the papal |
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conclave of 2013, which saw the election of Pope Francis to the See |
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of Peter; that same year, he was elected vice president of the |
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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; he further served on |
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the Pontifical Council for Culture, the Pontifical Council for the |
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Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, and the Council for |
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the Economy; in addition, he has served as a trustee of The Catholic |
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University of America; and |
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WHEREAS, During his tenure as the metropolitan archbishop, |
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Cardinal DiNardo pastored more than two million Catholics in the |
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diocese, which represents the largest Catholic population in the |
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state, and he guided over 430 priests in nearly 150 parishes and |
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more than 50 schools; he retired upon appointment of his successor |
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in January 2025; and |
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WHEREAS, Cardinal DiNardo studied at Saint Paul Seminary and |
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Duquesne University, and he received his master's degree in |
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philosophy from Catholic University and degrees in sacred theology |
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from both the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Patristic |
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Institute Augustinianum in Rome; he was ordained to the priesthood |
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for the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh in 1977 and served as parish |
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pastor, seminary professor, and spiritual director; from 1984 to |
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1991, he worked in Rome as a staff member for the Congregation for |
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Bishops, as adjunct professor at the Pontifical North American |
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College, and as director of Villa Stritch, the house for American |
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clergy; he then returned to Pittsburgh to pastor several parishes |
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and serve in the chancery; ordained as a bishop in 1997, he became |
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bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, the next year; and |
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WHEREAS, Cardinal DiNardo has inspired innumerable Texans |
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through his messages of faith and goodwill, and it is a great |
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privilege to welcome him to the State Capitol; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature |
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hereby honor the Most Reverend Daniel Cardinal DiNardo for his |
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participation in the Pastor of the Day program and extend to him |
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sincere appreciation for his many years of service to the |
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Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Cardinal DiNardo as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas Senate. |