LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating His Excellency Timothy M. Dolan
upon being named Archbishop of New York by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009

WHEREAS, The spiritual guidance and nurturing of the citizens of the
State of New York is of great importance to the vitality and well-being
of our communities; and
WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to bring full recog-
nition and just tribute to those men and women of religious commitment
who accept the responsibility of moral leadership and render the wisdom
of human understanding; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to congratu-
late His Excellency Timothy M. Dolan upon being named Archbishop of New
York by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009; and
WHEREAS, Timothy Michael Dolan was named Archbishop of New York by
Pope Benedict XVI on February 23, 2009; he was installed as Archbishop
of New York on April 15, 2009; and
WHEREAS, He had served as Archbishop of Milwaukee since he was named
by Pope John Paul II on June 25, 2002; he was installed as Milwaukee's
10th archbishop on August 28, 2002, at the Cathedral of St. John the
Evangelist; Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, papal nuncio to the United
States, installed Archbishop Dolan; and
WHEREAS, Born February 6, 1950, Archbishop Dolan was the first of five
children born to Shirley Radcliffe Dolan and the late Robert Dolan; and
WHEREAS, In 1964, he began his high school seminary education at St.
Louis Preparatory Seminary South in Shrewsbury, Missouri; his seminary
foundation continued at Cardinal Glennon College, where he earned a
Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy; and
WHEREAS, He then 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; and
WHEREAS, Archbishop Dolan was ordained to the priesthood on June 19,
1976; he then served as associate pastor at Immacolata Parish in Rich-
mond Heights, Missouri, until 1979, when he began studies for a doctor-
ate in American Church History at the Catholic University of America;
and
WHEREAS, Before completing the doctorate, he spent a year researching
the late Archbishop Edwin O'Hara, a founder of the Catholic Biblical
Association; Archbishop O'Hara's life and ministry was the subject of
the Archbishop's doctoral dissertation; and
WHEREAS, On his return to St. Louis, Archbishop Dolan served in parish
ministry from 1983-1987, during which 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; and
WHEREAS, In 1987, Archbishop Dolan was appointed to a five-year term
as secretary to the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, D.C.; when he
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; furthermore, he was an adjunct professor of
theology at Saint Louis University; and
WHEREAS, In 1994, he was appointed rector of the Pontifical North
American College in Rome where he served until June 2001; and
WHEREAS, While in Rome, he also served as a 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 Archbishop in the

area of seminary education has influenced the life and ministry of a
great number of priests of the new millennium; and
WHEREAS, On June 19, 2001, the 25th anniversary of his ordination to
the priesthood, then Father Dolan was named the Auxiliary Bishop of St.
Louis by Pope John Paul II; and
WHEREAS, Currently, he is the chairman of Catholic Relief Services and
a member of the Board of Trustees of The Catholic University of America;
and
WHEREAS, On June 29, 2009, Archbishop Dolan received the pallium, a
symbol of his office as an archbishop, from His Holiness, Pope Benedict
XVI, at St. Peter's Basilica; and
WHEREAS, It is the practice of this Legislative Body that when a
person of such noble aims and accomplishments is brought to our atten-
tion, it is appropriate to publicly and jubilantly proclaim and commend
that individual for the edification of others; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate His Excellency Timothy M. Dolan upon being named Archbishop
of New York by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to His Excellency Timothy M. Dolan.