[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7547]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO BISHOP ANGELO ROSARIO

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                          HON. JOSEPH CROWLEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 22, 2007

  Mr. CROWLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to one of my 
constituents, Bishop Angelo Rosario, of Bronx, NY. Bishop Rosario is 
being honored for his leadership and service to the community by the 
Committee for Effective Leadership and the New York State Democratic 
Committee. Bishop Angelo M. Rosario has been in pastoral ministry for 
the past 44 years and embarked on this path at the age of 18 while 
working with youth at a storefront church in the South Bronx. His 
ministerial work was guided by the leadership of the late Rev. Clemente 
Repollet. Bishop Rosario was the youngest person to be ordained at the 
Assembly of Christian Churches and remained there for over 25 years. He 
studied and eventually taught at the A.I.C. Theological Institute and 
the Latin American Bible Institute.
  Bishop Rosario and his wife, Rev. Nancy, founded and presently 
preside over Church of God's Children in the highly populated housing 
complex of Co-Op City in the Bronx. This institution presents a wide 
variety of year-round educational, spiritual and community-minded 
programs ranging from quality after-school care and pastoral counseling 
to job placement and health services. Bishop Rosario has organized many 
activities in the Co-Op City and Bronx Community, among them the 
Somalia Relief Fund, United Day of Prayer, Youth Day, and job and 
health fairs.
  He is a co-chair of Community Board 10 in the Bronx and is the CEO of 
the Borough President's Bronx Clergy Task Force whose mission is to 
bring all faiths together to work for the betterment of the community 
through quality education health care and financial stability through 
the houses of worship and community organizations.
  From the streets of South Bronx to the pulpit, Bishop Rosario has 
dedicated himself to helping the community. He is an advocate for 
community development according to biblical principles. He believes in 
one race--the human race.
  Bishop Rosario and his wife share a family of 10 children and 22 
grandchildren.
  Madam Speaker, I join to wish Bishop Rosario best wishes and good 
fortune in his future projects.

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