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State and Local
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El Paso diocese petitions
to join San Antonio province
By Kerrie Clos
STC staff writer _
EL PASO — Bishop Raymond Pena of the
Diocese of El Paso is awaiting approval from
Rome for his diocese, which split last fall from its
New Mexico boundaries, to be transferred to the
church province of San Antonio.
A province is a territory comprising one ar-
chdiocese tailed the metropolitan see and one or
more dioceses called suffragan sees. The Diocese
of El Paso is currently a suffragan of the
metropolitan see of Santa Fe.
Bishop Pena sent his request for the transfer to
Archbishop Pio Lughi, apostolic delegate to the
United States, who sent it on to Rome for con-
sideration, said El Paso Chancellor Father Jaime
Madrid.
The request follows a diocesan boundary
change, which created the Diocese of Las Cruces,
N.M., Oct. 18, 1982. The new diocese was
established out of seven New Mexico counties
formerly part of the El Paso diocese and made El
Paso an entirely Texas diocese.
Both dioceses have remained under the
jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe,
N.M., even though all of El Paso’s boundaries
are in Texas, Father Madrid said.
“I don’t see that Rome wouldn’t approve of
the transfer to San Antonio,” he said. “The
(Sec EL PASO, pg. 10)
Flowers for IWA
The painful truth sinks in for Charlie Gordon,
played by Brent McCullough, and Dr.
Alice Kinian, played by Christine Canter-
bury, when they realise an operation to cor-
rect Charlie’s mental retardation has failed in
“Flowers for Algernon,” a one-act play per-
formed by Incarnate Word Academy March 4
as a highlight to the school’s English Expo
’83. The doctor and patient have fallen in love
only to discover Charlie is slowly losing his
new intellectual capacity. (Staff photo by
Kerrie Clos)
Msgr. Kelly dies
in New York
CORPUS CHRISTI —
Msgr. William J. Kelly, pastor
of St. Joseph parish in Beeviile
and dean of Refugio, died sud-
denly March 12 while in New
York after officiating at a
niece's wedding. He was 66.
Msgr. Kelly was born Oct.
11, 1916, in County Athlonc,
Ireland, to Kieran O. and
Marianne Foley Kelly,
He attended St. Patrick’s
Elementary School in
Castlederg, County Tyrone,
Ireland. He attended St. Col-
umb’s College in Derry,
Ireland for five years, and
studied philosophy and
theology at All Hallow’s Col-
lege in Dublin for seven years.
He was ordained to the
priesthood June 24, 1944, at All
Hallow's College by the bishop
of Ross, Ireland. He said his
first solemn Mass the following
day.
Father Kelly came to the
Diocese of Corpus Christi in
1944 and served as assistant
pastor of Sacred Heart parish in
Sinton from 1945 to 1946. He
served as assistant pastor of Im-
maculate Conception in Goliad
from 1946 to 1951. He was next
named pastor until 1954 in the
valley town of McCook, which
was then part of the diocese.
He served as assistant pastor
of Ss. Cyril and Methodius
parish in Corpus Christi from
1954 to 1958; pastor of Holy
Family parish in Taft from
1958 to 1967; was the first
pastor of St. Peter Prince of the
Apostles in Corpus Christi
Msgr. Kelly
from 1967 to 1973; was pastor
of Christ the King in Laredo
from 1973 to 1979; served as
pastor of Blessed Sacrament in
Laredo until 1980, and was
pastor of St. Elizabeth parish in
Alice until 1981
After recovering from an il-
lness, Msgr. Kelly was named
pastor of St. Joseph’s in
Beeviile in July 1982. He was
named dean of the Refugio
deanery in September 1982.
He was made a domestic
prelate with the title of right
reverend monsignor in 1967.
He served as advertising
manager for the Texas Gulf
Coast Catholic from 1966 to
1967, and was named
moderator of the Corpus
Christi deanery Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women in
1970,
Msgr. Kelly was preceded in
death by his parents and a
sister, Mary Josephine Kelly
who died at the age of 3.
Survivors include five
brothers, Kieran of Birm-
(Sce MSGR. pg. 10)
Archbishop Jadot
to speak in Houston
HOUSTON — Archbishop Jean Jadot, former apostolic
delegate to the United States, will deliver an address at Rice
University Chapel, Tuesday, March 22, 8 p.m.
“The Growth in Roman Catholic Commitment to Inter-
religious Dialogue Since Vatican II” will be the title of his
presentation.
The archbishop currently serves as pro-president of the
Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians.
The public is invited.
Religious seek halt
to nuclear plant
A coalition of 12 Roman Catholic orders and several in-
dividual members have sponsored a shareholder resolution call-
ing for a moratorium on the continued construction of the
South Texas Nuclear Project pending an independent review
approved by the Texas Public Utility Commission.
The resolution, the first Houston Industries has ever receiv-
ed, is sponsored by a Roman Catholic order, the Sisters of the
Sorrowful Mother, based in Wisconsin, The order owns 1,050
shares of stock.
The Sisters have deputized the Texas Coalition for Responsi-
ble Investment (Texas-CRI) to represent their resolution.
Fr. Giannoukos honored in Pittsburgh
Pray
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Vol. XVI11, No. 42
The official newspaper
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Diocese of Corpus Christi
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Adi ism), Hoard Chairman
Joe Michael Feist
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Kerrie Clos
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CORPUS CHRISTI — Father Am-
brose G. Giannoukos, a longtime pastor
of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
here, traveled to Pittsburgh last
weekend to receive three honors in his
hometown cathedral.
Father Giannoukos returned to the
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral
March 13 to celebrate the 40th anniver-
sary of his ordination to the priesthood,
to be honored as the first priest ordained
at the cathedral and for serving as the
cathedral's first organist.
Bishop Maximos of the Gteek Or-
thodox Diocese of Pittsburgh con-
celebrated a pontifical high liturgy
March 13. After the Mass, the Ladies’
Philanthropist Society held a coffee hour
to welcome Father Giannoukos, and a
banquet was held in his honor that even-
ing.
Representatives from several
denominations, including clergy from
St. Paul Cathedral of the Roman
Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, attended
the banquet. Several speakers lauded
Father Giannoukos for his service to the
Greek Orthodox Church.
After graduating from Duquesne
University in Pittsburgh with a
bachelor’s degree in musk. Father
Giannoukos attended the Carnegie In-
stitute of Technology. There he received
his master’s degree in musk education,
with an emphasis on piano and organ.
He taught at Pittsburgh High School
before teaching music at the Holy Cross
Greek Orthodox Seminary.
Father Giannoukos, who served as a
missionary in Canada for nine years,
spearheaded construction of several
churches in the United States and
Canada.
The Greek Orthodox priest, who
speaks over six languages, came to Cor-
pus Christi in I9i4 and served at St.
Nicholas Church for 14 years. He now
visits area hospitals, the Seamen’s
Center and helps out in various chur-
ches. He frequently visits the Corpus
Christi Minor Seminary and Incarnate
Word Academy, where he gives lectures
on the practices of the Orthodox
Church.
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