[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 24, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S4373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BISHOP EDWARD PEVEC

 Mr. VOINOVICH. Mr. President, this Sunday, May 28th, the 
Catholic diocese of Cleveland will observe the 50th anniversary of the 
ordination of Bishop A. Edward Pevec into the priesthood. I rise today 
to pay tribute to this wonderful man and to offer my thanks for the 
spiritual guidance he has given to Catholics throughout the City of 
Cleveland and northeastern Ohio.
  Born in Cleveland, Ohio on April 16, 1925, Bishop Edward Pevec is the 
oldest of four children born to Anton and Frances Pevec, immigrants 
from Slovenia. On April 29, 1950, at the age of 25, Edward Pevec was 
ordained into the priesthood. Over the fifty years since his 
ordination, Bishop Pevec has served northeastern Ohio in a number of 
capacities. He has been the Associate Pastor at St. Mary Church in 
Elyria and at St. Lawrence Church in Cleveland. He has been a teacher, 
assistant principal/vice rector and principal/rector at Borromeo 
Seminary High School in Wickliffe and a graduate instructor at St. John 
College in Cleveland. During his service at Borromeo Seminary High 
School, Bishop Pevec continued his own education at two well-respected 
Cleveland institutions, earning a Masters degree from John Carroll 
University and Ph.D. from Western Reserve University. In 1975, he 
became pastor of his home parish, St. Vitus Church in Cleveland, and 
four years later, became the President-Rector of Borromeo College of 
Ohio. In 1982, Edward Pevec was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland 
by His Holiness, Pope John Paul II.
  Over the years, I have personally come to know Bishop Pevec, not only 
as a devout Christian, but as a man of deep caring for all mankind. I 
still remember the first time that my wife, Janet, and I saw Bishop 
Pevec celebrate mass. We were so impressed at the manner in which he 
conducted himself, that I said to my wife on our way out of the church 
that there's a priest who ought to be a Bishop! We were both grateful 
that the Holy Father recognized his good work for the diocese of 
Cleveland by appointing him Bishop.
  Bishop Pevec's warmth and compassion have been felt by many in the 
City of Cleveland over the past half-century, and I am certain his 
light shall shine upon us for many years to come. I join all my fellow 
Cleveland parishioners, and all who have come to know Bishop Pevec in 
congratulating him on his 50 years of service to the Lord and to his 
fellow man. He is a true inspiration to us all.

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