82R5942 BPG-D
By: Callegari H.R. No. 226
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, His Eminence, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop
of Galveston-Houston, delivered the opening invocation for the 82nd
Texas Legislature on January 11, 2011; and
WHEREAS, A native of Steubenville, Ohio, Cardinal DiNardo has
served the Diocese of Galveston-Houston since 2004, when he became
coadjutor bishop; he was elevated to archbishop two years later and
became cardinal on November 24, 2007; and
WHEREAS, Cardinal DiNardo has demonstrated extraordinary
abilities in vital roles at the local, national, and international
levels; ordained in 1977, he served as assistant chancellor of the
Diocese of Pittsburgh and part-time professor at St. Paul Seminary
before moving to Rome, where he joined the Vatican Congregation for
Bishops and served as director of the Villa Stritch; returning to
Pennsylvania, he became assistant secretary for education for the
Pittsburgh diocese and served as coadministrator of Madonna del
Castello Church; in 1994, he founded Saints John and Paul Parish in
Franklin Park-Marshall Township, Pennsylvania, and he served as its
pastor until he was appointed coadjutor bishop and then bishop of
the Diocese of Sioux City in 1997; and
WHEREAS, A man of wisdom and devotion, Cardinal DiNardo gives
generously of his time and talents to a number of organizations; he
is a member of the Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee the Use of the
Catechism for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and
an advisor to the National Association of Pastoral Musicians for
the USCCB; moreover, he serves on the board of directors of the
Catholic University of America and the National Catholic
Partnership on Disability, among other responsibilities; and
WHEREAS, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo illuminates the lives of
countless Texans through his spiritual leadership, and his message
to the legislature of peace, goodwill, and dedication is a source of
inspiration for which all may be grateful; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby honor His Eminence, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo,
Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, and extend to him sincere best
wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Cardinal DiNardo as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.