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| A New Catholic Bishop For Sioux Falls - Bronze Star Vet |
| 2006-08-31 |
| EFL - via Amy Welborn's "Open Book" (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.) 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. Rev.do Mons. Paul Joseph Swain Mons. Swain è 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, dove nel 1965 è diventato Bachelor of Arts in History; poi, all’University of Wisconsin-Madison, dove nel 1967 ha conseguito il Master of Arts in Political Science; e successivamente, presso l’University of Wisconsin Law School, dove ha conseguito il titolo di Juris Doctor, nel 1974. Nel frattempo ha partecipato alla Guerra in Vietnam (1967-1971), come Air Intelligence Officer. Per i suoi meriti ha ottenuto l’onorificenza di Vietnam Veteran Bronze Star. Laureatosi in Diritto Civile, ha seguito la pratica giuridica: prima come Assistant Legal Counsel, League of Wisconsin Municipalities (1975-1976); poi come Avvocato (1976-1979); e successivamente come Legal Counsel del Governatore dello Stato di Wisconsin, Sig. Lee Sherman Dryfus (1979-1983). Interesting CV. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #2 one one of the reasons I end up assigning homework to the people who reing my doorbell to convert me TW, I thought I was the only one that did that. My wife says I should just close the door. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-31 12:49 |
| #1 A history of clear and reality-based thinking there. Baptised as a Catholic when he was 39, so he knows why he believes what he does -- one one of the reasons I end up assigning homework to the people who reing my doorbell to convert me. This can only be good for the Church. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-08-31 12:22 |