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Vatican Archbishop-designate DiNoia happy to return to Washington for episcopal ordination
RICHARD SZCZEPANOWSKI
Catholic Standard staff
With his July 11 episcopal ordination at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Archbishop-designate J. Augustine DiNoia said he is "delighted" to return to a city he considers his "second home."
In June, Pope Benedict XVI named Dominican Father DiNoia as an archbishop and the secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments.
The archbishop-designate worked for many years in the Archdiocese of Washington, teaching at the Dominican House of Studies and the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family; serving as executive director of the Secretariat for Doctrine and Pastoral Practices at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops; and serving as director of the Intercultural Forum for Studies in Faith and Culture, a Catholic think tank at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington.
"I'm delighted to be back in Washington for my episcopal ordination. I taught at the Dominican House of Studies for 20 years, and worked at the USCCB and at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center," Archbishop-designate DiNoia said in an e-mail to the Catholic Standard.
"My years at the USCCB were among the happiest of my life," he said. "The team there ... had a professionalism and dedication to the Church that were exemplary. The Cultural Center was an exciting project, and I was very sorry to leave it behind."
He noted that he was ordained to the diaconate at the National Shrine and was ordained to the priesthood at St. Dominic's Church in Southwest Washington.
"Washington is my second home, a city I came to love and now miss very much," Archbishop-designate DiNoia said. "For a native New Yorker, that's a lot to say."
Archbishop-designate DiNoia was serving at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center when Pope John Paul II named him in 2002 to serve as undersecretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. His superior at the congregation was then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI.
Looking back on his years in Washington, Archbishop-designate DiNoia said, "I have too many good memories to record them all."
"I was fortunate to have developed many deep friendships and attachments, not least of all to the priests of Washington and Arlington," he said in his e-mail. "I hope to see many of them at the shrine on July 11."
Recalling his time in Washington under both Cardinal James Hickey and Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop-designate DiNoia said he "enjoyed the friendship of our beloved Cardinal Hickey and then of Cardinal McCarrick who loved to say that I was his 'personal theologian.'"
He added that "Archbishop (Donald) Wuerl has been astonishingly warm in his welcome to the announcement that my episcopal ordination would take place at the Basilica of the National Shrine."
When the appointment was announced, Archbishop Wuerl issued a statement that said, "The Archdiocese of Washington is honored to be a part of this ordination that means so much for the Church Universal and for the Church in this country. Archbishop-elect DiNoia's appointment is a cause for great joy, and a reflection of his many talents and years of dedicated service to the Church."
Cardinal William J. Levada, prefect of the doctrinal congregation, will preside at the July 11 episcopal ordination. The liturgy begins at 2 p.m.
Archbishop-designate DiNoia expressed joy that "the Dominicans are traveling from all over the U.S. to be here" for the episcopal ordination.
"Our provincial, Father Dominic Izzo, even gave the novices and postulants permission to come to Washington for the event," he said. "I am delighted by this: I owe more to the Dominican Order than I could ever recount."
Archbishop-designate J. Augustine DiNoia
Born: July 10, 1943 in New York City
Education: Master's degree in philosophy and several theology degrees, including a doctorate from Yale University in 1980. In 1998 the Dominican order conferred on him the master of sacred theology degree.
Ordained: made Order of Friars Preachers (Dominicans) profession (simple vows) on Aug. 4 1964; and ordained a priest of the Order of Friars Preachers (Dominicans), on June 4, 1970.
Career: Instructor, department religious studies and assistant chaplain, Providence College, 1971-74; professor of systematic theology, Dominican House of Studies, Washington; adjunct professor, director intercultural forum for studies in faith and culture John Paul II Institute; executive director Secretariat for Doctrine and Pastoral Practices, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1993 - 2001; undersecretary, Congregation for Doctrine of the Divine Faith, Rome, 2002 -09; secretary, Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, Rome, 2009.
Other: Auditor to secretary general, 10th General Assembly of Synod of Bishops, 2001; member of the board trustees of Catholic University of America; adjunct professor, St. Joseph Seminary, Dunwoodie, N.Y.; member, International Theological Commission, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; president, Pontifical Faculty of Immaculate Conception Dominican House of Studies, 1986-86.
Published works: Author of "The Diversity of Religions: A Christian Perspective," 1992; co-author of "The Love That Never Ends: A Key to the Catechism of the Catholic Church," 1996; editor in chief of "The Thomist"; consultant to "Secret Files of the Inquisition," 2007.
Memberships: Catholic Theological Society of America; American Academy of Religion.
(Sources: The Official Catholic Directory, Catholic News Service.)
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