Most Reverend Timothy M.Dolan-Auxillary Bishop of St.Louis[NEW ARCHBISHOP OF MILWAUKEE]

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			Most Reverend Timothy M. Dolan Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis Born February 6, 1950, Timothy Michael Dolan was the first child of Shirley Radcliffe Dolan and the late Robert Dolan. Bishop Dolan has two sisters and two brothers.

The Bishop was baptized at Immaculate Conception Parish in Maplewood, Mo. The family subsequently moved to Ballwin, Mo., and the newly founded Holy Infant Parish.

In 1964 Bishop Dolan began his high school seminary education at St. Louis Preparatory Seminary South in Shrewsbury. From 1968-1972 his seminary foundation continued at Cardinal Glennon College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy. At the invitation of *Cardinal John Joseph Carberry, then Archbishop of St. Louis, the Bishop completed his priestly formation at the Pontifical North American College in Rome where he earned a License in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas.

On June 19, 1976, he was ordained to the Priesthood at his home parish by the Most Reverend Edward T. O’Meara, then Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis. Bishop Dolan first served as Associate Pastor at Immacolata Parish in Richmond Heights until 1979 when he began studies for a doctorate in American Church History at the Catholic University of America. Before completing the doctorate Bishop Dolan lived for one year in the diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph completing research on the late Archbishop Edwin O'Hara whose life and ministry was the subject of his doctoral dissertation.

On his return to St. Louis the Bishop served as Associate Pastor of Cure of Ars Parish in Shrewsbury from 1983-1985, and then from 1985-1987 at Little Flower Parish in Richmond Heights. During that time he was also liaison for the late Archbishop John L. May in the restructuring of the college and theology programs of the Archdiocesan seminary system.

In 1987 Bishop Dolan began a five-year term of service as Secretary to the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, D.C. assisting Cardinal Pio Laghi and then Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan. When the Bishop returned to St. Louis in 1992 he was appointed Vice Rector of Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, serving also as Director of Spiritual Formation and Professor of Church History. He was also adjunct professor of theology at Saint Louis University.

In 1994 Bishop Dolan was appointed Rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome where he served until June, 2001. While in Rome he also served as Visiting Professor of Church History at the Pontifical Gregorian University and as a faculty member in the Department of Ecumenical Theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. The work of the Bishop in the area of seminary education has influenced the life and ministry of a great number of priests of the new millennium. A collection of his Rector's Conferences at the North American College published in book form in 2000 by Our Sunday Visitor Press Priests for the Third Millennium – has been enthusiastically received by bishops, priests, seminarians and the laity.

On June 19, 2001-the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination to the Priesthood of Jesus Christ-Pope John Paul II named Timothy Michael Dolan Titular Bishop of Natchez and Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis. Bishop Dolan has chosen for his Episcopal motto the profession of faith of St. Peter: Ad Quem Ibimus-Lord to whom shall we go? (Jn 6:68).

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*John Joseph Cardinal Carberry was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1904. Ordained in 1929, he has served the Church in various capacities including Bishop of Lafayette, Indiana, Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, and Archbishop of St. Louis, Missouri. He retired as Archbishop of St. Louis in 1980.

Cardinal Carberry is one of the best known Marian apolgists in the United States. He was the driving force behind the U.S. Bishops' 1973 Marian pastoral letter- Behold Your Mother, Woman of Faith - and he is extremely popular in Marian circles.

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Archbishop Edwin O'Hara

From the earliest years, the history of Catholic Charities has been one of concern and advocacy for children. Father Edwin O'Hara, a priest at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, teamed with other community leaders to investigate abuses of child labor. They researched these conditions and presented their findings to the State Legislature. The result was the enactment of Oregon child labor laws in 1913. This first legislation became a model for child welfare and labor laws throughout the United States.

Through the efforts of Father O'Hara, Archbishop Alexander Christie founded the Catholic Children's Bureau in 1917, which coordinated all Catholic children's cases and represented families and children in the Portland courts.

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Just felt some fresh air brush by. Thank God Weakland is now history!

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I know! And Archbishop Dolan sure does have some great credentials! I like seeing that he was invited by the great Cardinal Carberry into his seminary.Being a Marian Cardinal,I think Archbishop Dolan must have received some very proper and orthodox training in his seminary days.

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BTTT for a new Bishop in Milwaukee!

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Prayers for Archbishop Dolan. He has a monumental task ahead in purging Milwaukee of Weaklands' heretical legacy.

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Yes...Weakland's legacy is deeply ingrained in my Church (S.Paul's Genesee Depot)

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It sounds like he will make a great archbishop.

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Thanks for the bump,Salvation!

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He sure does! And I think that our prayers will help him.All the Bishops need our prayers in charity.IMHO.

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I think so too.I'm hoping and praying and the same time.I pray that he will be strong.