National Directory

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PREFACE

44 See note 1 in this preface regarding the removal of the word “permanent” from title of the Bishops’ Committee on the Diaconate. 45 The members of the Subcommittee on Formation and Curriculum included the following: Most Rev. Howard Hubbard, Bishop of Albany (chairman); for Deacon Ministry and Life , Deacon James Swiler, Director of Diaconate Formation, Archdiocese of New Orleans (facilitator); Mrs. Bonnie Swiler, Archdiocese of New Orleans; Sr.Yvonne Lerner, OSB, Director of Diaconate Formation, Diocese of Little Rock; for Formation , Dr. Ann Healey, Director of Deacon Formation, Diocese of Fort Worth (facilitator); Rev. Michael Galvan, Pastor, St. Joseph Church, Pinole, CA; Deacon James Keeley, Director of Diaconate Formation, Diocese of San Diego; Mrs. Jeanne Schrempf, Director of Religious Education, Diocese of Albany; Deacon Enrique Alonso, President, National Association of Hispanic Deacons; for Diocesan Structures and Selection , Mr.Timothy C. Charek, Director, Deacon Formation Program, Archdiocese of Milwaukee (facilitator); Most Rev. Dominic Carmon, SVD, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, member of the Bishops’ Committee on the Diaconate; Rev. Richard W.Woy,Vicar for Clergy, Archdiocese of Baltimore; for Curriculum , Deacon Stephen Graff, Dean of Students, St. Bernard’s Institute, Rochester, NY (facilitator); Rev. Msgr. Ernest J. Fiedler, Rector, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Diocese of Kansas City–St. Joseph, and former Executive Director, NCCB Secretariat for the Diaconate; Rev. Bryan Massingale,Vice Rector, St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee,WI; Rev. Alejandro Castillo, SVD, Director of the Office for Hispanic Affairs, California Catholic Conference, Sacramento, CA; Rev. Robert Egan, SJ, St. Michael’s Institute, Spokane,WA; Mr. Neal Parent, Executive Director, National Conference of Catechetical Leadership,Washington, DC; Dr. Seung AiYang, Professor of Scripture, The Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, CA. The members of the Subcommittee for Theological and Canonical Revision included Most Rev.William Lori, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, DC (chairman); for Theology , Rev. Msgr. Paul Langsfeld,Vice Rector, St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD (facilitator); Deacon Samuel M. Taub, Diocese of Arlington, former Executive Director, NCCB Secretariat for the Diaconate; Sr. Patricia Simpson, OP, Prioress, Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, CA, and former Director of Diaconate Formation, Diocese of Sacramento; Rev. Frank Silva, Pastor, Immaculate Conception Church, Malden, MA, and former Director of Diaconate, Archdiocese of Boston; for Spirituality , Deacon William T. Ditewig, Director of Pastoral Services and Ministry Formation, Diocese of Davenport (facilitator); Mrs. Diann Ditewig, Davenport, IA; Most Rev. Allen H. Vigneron, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit, and Rector, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI; Deacon James Condill, President, National Association of Deacon Organizations; for Ministry, Rev. Msgr.Timothy Shugrue, Pastor, Immaculate Conception Church, Montclair, NJ, and former Director of Diaconate, Archdiocese of Newark (facilitator); Rev. Edward Salmon,Vicar, Diaconate Community, Archdiocese of Chicago; Rev. Msgr. Joseph Roth, President, National Association of Diaconate Directors; Deacon John Stewart, President, National Association of African American Catholic Deacons. Rev. Msgr.Theodore W. Kraus, Director of Diaconate, Diocese of Oakland, the Directory ’s project director, served ex officio on each subcommittee and working unit. 46 The members of CCLV from 2013 to 2016 were Bishop Michael Burbidge (chairman), Archbishop Samuel Aquila, Bishop Earl Boyea, Bishop William Callahan,