Above is a picture of Bishop Zurek with all priests of the Diocese of AmarilloPosted on 09/20/2011 6:50:01 PM PDT by topher
Above is a picture of Bishop Zurek with all priests of the Diocese of Amarillo
General Information
Born: August 17, 1948 - Sealy, TX
Parents: Arnold (Deceased) and Victoria (Bohac) Zurek
Siblings: Lawrence Zurek & Dennis Zurek (Deceased)
Ordained Priest by Pope Paul VI
June 29, 1975
St. Peter's Basilica - Rome, Italy
Age: 26
Ordained Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio by Archbishop Patrick F. Flores/Titular Bishop of Tamugadi
February 16, 1998
San Antonio, TX
Age: 49
Installed Bishop of Amarillo by Archbishop Gomez
February 22, 2008
Amarillo, TX
Age: 60
Speaks the following languages:
English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Czech
Academics Bachelor’s of Science in Mathematics - Magnum Cum Laude
University of St. Thomas – Houston, TX
Major Seminary
St. Mary’s Seminary – Houston, TX
S.T.B. in Theology 1974 - Magna Cum Laude
University of St. Thomas - Angelicum
S.T.L. in Moral Theology, 1976 - Magna Cum Laude
Institute of the Lateran University - Alfonsianum
Priestly Assignments St. Mary’s Catholic Church - Temple, TX
Associate Pastor, 1976 - 1979
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church - Bryan, TX
Associate Pastor, 1979 - 1982
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church - College Station, TX
Founding Pastor, 1982 - 1992
St. John Neumann Catholic Church - Austin, TX
Pastor, 1992 - 1998
Archdiocese of San Antonio - San Antonio, TX
Auxiliary Bishop, 1998 - 2008
Diocese of Amarillo - Amarillo, TX
Bishop, 2008 - Present
Priestly Ministries and Positions Held Presbyteral Council - Diocese of Austin, TX
Member, 1976 - 1998
Matrimonial Tribunal - Diocese of Austin, TX
Advocate, 1976 - 1979
Matrimonial Tribunal -Diocese of Austin, TX
Judge, 1976 -1982
Continuing Formation of Priests - Diocese of Austin, TX
Director, 1986 - 1998
Office of Vocations - Diocese of Austin, TX
Director, 1986 - 1998
Board of Directors-St. Mary’s Seminary - Houston, TX
Member, 1987 - 1998
Medical Ethics Committee-St. Joseph Hospital - Bryan, TX
Chairman, 1987 - 1988
Board of Directors-National Organization for the Continuing Education of Roman Catholic Clergy - Diocese of Austin, TX
Member, 1988 - 1989
Priest Personnel Committee - Diocese of Austin, TX
Member, 1991 - 1998
National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors - Diocese of Austin, TX
Vice-President, 1991 - 1993
National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors - Diocese of Austin, TX
President, 1993 - 1995
Ministry as Bishop
Presbyteral Council - Archdiocese of San Antonio, TX Member, 1998 - Present
Board of Directors-Assumption Seminary - San Antonio, TX
Member, 1999 - Present
Western Vicariate - Archdiocese of San Antonio, TX
Vicar, 1998 - 2001
Office of the Synod - Archdiocese of San Antonio, TX
Archbishop’s Liaison, 1998 - Present
Office of the Synod-Implementation of the Archdiocesan Synodal Documents - Archdiocese of San Antonio, TX
Co-Ordinator, 1998 - Present
Partnership with the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa - Archdiocese of San Antonio, TX
Archbishop’s Liaison, 1998 - Present
Priest Pension Board - Archdiocese of San Antonio, TX
Member, 1998 - Present
Board of Directors Catholic Television of San Antonio - Archdiocese of San Antonio, TX
Member, 1998 - Present
Board of Directors-ACTS Missions - Archdiocese of San Antonio, TX
Member, 1998 - Present
Board of Directors-Holy Trinity Seminary - Dallas, TX
Member, 1999 - Present
Oblate School of Theology - San Antonio, TX
Guest Professor, 1999 - Present
Mayor’s Committee on Integrity and trust in Local Government, City of San Antonio - San Antonio, TX
Member, 2002 - 2003
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - USCCB
National Advisory Council
USCCB Liaison, 1999 - 2002
USCCB Committee on Evangelization
Member, 1999 - 2003
USCCB Planning Committee to develop New Spanish Bible for USCCB, CCC, CELAM
Member, 1999 - 2003
National and International Positions Board of Governors, Sub Committee for Finance-North American College - Rome, Italy
Member, 2002 - 2005
Czech American Priests Association (CAPA) - Temple, TX
President & CEO, 2002 - Present
Border Bishops Committee (Texas/Mexico)
Member, 2003 - Present
Organized to discuss Pastoral Initiatives and Immigration issues. This committee was the genesis of the pastoral letter “Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope” issued by the USCCB and CEM (Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano) in January 2003.
I would say he has very impressive credentials.
Furthermore, he was an Auxillary Bishop for a number of years before becoming a bishop.
He served in a number of functions...
Oops! He speaks 5 languages: Portugese as well as English, Italian, Spanish, and Czech.
Why are we discussing him?
I think I get it. This Bishop Zurek may indeed be qualified to properly recognize a challenge or some type of problem perhaps when he sees one? Is that it?
I am guessing it has to do with his coralling of Fr. Pavone. Yes, impressive credentials, but we know too well, in our Church as well as in our elective office, as in our universities, that other qualities trump credentials. In the case of the Church, that other quality is ‘robust manly orthodoxy’ - I don’t know if the good bishop possesses this, and I hope someone with first-hand experience will let us know.
Some in some very profane ways.
I would disagree with that statement.
No one knows the circumstances of what is going on.
As a parish priest of Amarillo, Father Pavone might spend 4 weekends in Amarillo (or more) in a year.
That is not 4 weeks a year.
Also, Father Pavone is inseparable from Janet Morana. This might be the first time that those two have been apart for more than a week or two in quite a while (except when Janet goes on vacation).
As a former employee of PFL, I know a few things of what went from 2004 to 2006, but not that much.
It is possible that Bishop Zurek needs Father Frank in Amarillo for things like the group picture of priests.
It is also possible that there have been complaints lodged against PFL and/or Father Frank.
Having Father Frank in Amarillo allows the Bishop to have Father Frank aware of them, and answer/address them.
Does any of this imply wrong doing? No!
Ironically, one of the front page stories for the Diocese of Amarillo last week was about the 40 Days for Life vigil.
How many other dioceses will run front page stories on pro-life issues such as 40 Days for Life.
And yet many folks will condemn Bishop Zurek because he has Father Frank, a Diocesan priest of Amarillo, in the Diocese of Amarillo.
My final point is the following:
Father Frank is one of two children (to my knowledge). He, at times, acts like an only child of a family -- whom the family has spared the rod and spoiled the child.
I strongly disliked how Father Frank abuses resources for his creature comforts. But that is one of the reasons I left PFL, among others.
I’m disturbed by your thoughts and observations. First, Janet Morana. If your report is accurate, it raises troubling questions. Has he been confronted on this? I’m in a faith-wrenchingly liberal diocese, so I appreciate one that highlights 40 Days For Life. And your final note insinuating a high regard for material things is depressing as well. But he draws no salary from PFL, right? I truly pray that all of this adds up to nothing, but we have seen Satan’s hand wrap around the necks of Father Euteneur and Father Corapi. St. Michael the Archangel, protect our priests!
Well, if you’re trying to impress me that Bp Zurek has to be on the right in any conflict, forget it.
I don’t know what trouble Fr. Pavone is in, and I don’t know that Bp Zurek isn’t 100% correct in corralling him in, but listing a bunch off posts within the radically left wing USCCB is hardly going to impress me.
The diabolic monsters that destroyed Mother Angelica and EWTN had fantastic credentials. Cardinal Bernadin was the American Pope, and regarded himself as such. His gay lover, Archbishop Weakland, was given every position he wanted, and used it to wage war against the holy.
Frankly, I hadn’t known what the hub-bub’s about, but Bishop Zurek’s handling of the situation, even as described by the lamestream accounts, seems like he was out to maximally discredit Pavone, by grandstanding as much as he can.
Even the article in RightWingWatch.com, an organization created to help coordinate mudslinging against conservatives, makes Zurek’s handling of the matter seem unprofessional and zealous.
Further researching suggests this is the work of “Catholics for Choice,” a George Soros-funded organization legendarily consisting of “one woman, a fax machine, and an army of drooling sycophants in the press,” created expressly to promote abortion as far and wide as possible.
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