[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 116 (Thursday, September 9, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1841]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TRIBUTE TO HARTFORD ARCHBISHOP DANIEL A. CRONIN

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                         HON. JAMES H. MALONEY

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 9, 1999

  Mr. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I bring to the attention of the American 
public and the United States House of Representatives an upcoming 
celebration in Connecticut's Fifth Congressional District that 
commemorates the 31st anniversary of the consecration as a Bishop of 
now Hartford Archbishop Daniel A. Cronin. This celebration will be held 
during Sunday mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Waterbury, 
Connecticut on Sunday September 12, 1999.
  Archbishop Cronin was born in Newton, Massachusetts on November 14, 
1927. Since that time, he has dedicated his life to religious service 
around the World. He attended the St. John Seminary in Brighton, 
Massachusetts and the North American College in Rome, Italy before 
being ordained a priest on December 20, 1952 in Rome. Archbishop Cronin 
later received a Licentiate and a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the 
Gregorian University also in Rome.
  The Archbishop has also served as Attache to the Apostolic 
Internunciature in Ethiopia and to the Secretariat of State in Vatican 
City in 1957 and 1961 respectively. In 1962, he was named Papal 
Chamberlain and given the title of Monsignor. By 1968, Archbishop 
Cronin had returned to the United States and was named Titular Bishop 
of Egnatia and Auxiliary Bishop of Boston. On September 12, 1968, he 
was consecrated Bishop at the Holy Cross Cathedral in Boston, 
Massachusetts.
  On October 30, 1970, the Archbishop was named the fifth Bishop of the 
Fall River Diocese in Massachusetts. Shortly thereafter, Archbishop 
Cronin was installed at St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral, also in 
Fall River. In 1991, 23 years after first being consecrated a Bishop, 
he was named the eleventh Bishop and the third Archbishop of the 
Hartford Archdiocese in Connecticut. In 1992, he received the Pallium 
from Pope John Paul II at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.
  Mr. Speaker, Archbishop Daniel Cronin epitomizes the dedication and 
moral example we all strive to emulate. He has been a source of 
strength to individuals and communities throughout his life in 
religious service. He is a beacon for us all as we go forward into the 
challenges of the future.
  On behalf of the Fifth Congressional District and the United States 
House of Representatives, I express deep appreciation to Archbishop 
Daniel A. Cronin for his dedication and steadfast service to all those 
he has touched throughout his vocation, and wish him many more years of 
exemplary service and leadership.

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