[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 84 (Monday, June 8, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1337]
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             IN HONOR OF THE MOST REVEREND ANTHONY M. PILLA

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, June 8, 2009

  Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of the Most 
Reverend Anthony M. Pilla, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Cleveland, 
for being awarded the 2009 Notre Dame College Medal.
  The Most Reverend Anthony M. Pilla, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of 
Cleveland, served the diocese as the ninth Bishop of the Catholic 
Diocese of Cleveland for 25 years. A Cleveland native, he is a graduate 
of Borromeo College and St. Mary Seminary and was ordained to the 
priesthood in 1959. Bishop Pilla served as President of the National 
Conference of Catholic Bishops. As Bishop, he directed community-based 
initiatives such as Church in the City and Vibrant Parish Life. He 
served on numerous community boards and committees including the board 
of the former National Council of Christians and Jews, the Greater 
Cleveland Roundtable and Catholic University of America.
  Notre Dame College established the Bishop Anthony M. Pilla 
Scholarship Fund to honor him for his longtime dedication to higher 
education to make a Catholic education accessible to the disadvantaged. 
In 1994 he was presented the Fidelia Award for his longstanding work 
and support of Notre Dame College.
  Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honoring the Most 
Reverend Anthony M. Pilla, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Cleveland 
for living Notre Dame College's commitment to personal, professional 
and global responsibility. He is certainly worthy of the award being 
bestowed upon him for his longtime commitment to civic work throughout 
Greater Cleveland.

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