[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 52 (Wednesday, May 4, 1994)]
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TRIBUTE TO AUXILIARY BISHOP RAYMOND KAFFER OF THE JOLIET DIOCESE ON HIS 
                      40TH ANNIVERSARY AS A PRIEST

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                       HON. GEORGE E. SANGMEISTER

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 4, 1994

  Mr. SANGMEISTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
spiritual leader, respected educator and community leader--Auxiliary 
Bishop Raymond Kaffer of the Joliet, IL, Catholic Diocese, who is 
celebrating his 40 anniversary in the priesthood this month.
  Bishop Kaffer has had a long and distinguished career serving the 
diocese, and the community as a whole, in numerous capacities. After 
his ordination May 1, 1954, Bishop Kaffer, a Joliet native, committed 
himself to education and the young people of the communities in the 
diocese. He served as assistant chancellor of schools from 1954 to 
1965, and then become rector of the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in 
Lockport, IL. In 1970, he was named principal of Providence Catholic 
High School in New Lenox, IL, where he guided the school through 
tremendous growth, mirroring the expansion of the communities 
Providence serves.
  In 1985, he briefly served as rector of the Cathedral of St. Raymond 
in Joliet, and in that same year was appointed auxiliary bishop of the 
Joliet Diocese, the second largest diocese in Illinois.
  Bishop Kaffer continued his own education while guiding the 
intellectual and spiritual growth of young people in the diocese. He 
earned advanced degrees at DePaul University and St. Mary's of the Lake 
Seminary.
  He was named Man of the Year by his fellow Joliet Catholic High 
School alumni in 1978 and has been active in both the National 
Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Catholic Conference of Illinois.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Bishop Kaffer on 40 distinguished years 
of service to the Catholic Church, and wish him many more years of 
success as a spiritual leader of this community.

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