[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 234]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                   CONGRATULATING FATHER LOUIS LOHAN

 Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I am pleased to congratulate the 
Reverend Louis Lohan who is retiring after more than 40 years of 
distinguished service as a Roman Catholic priest serving the Diocese of 
Biloxi in Mississippi.
  Born in Ireland, Father Lohan attended schools there and graduated 
from St. Patrick's College in Carlow, Ireland. He became an ordained 
priest for the Catholic Diocese of Biloxi in June of 1971 and moved to 
the United States shortly thereafter.
  Father Lohan served at several different ministry locations, such as 
Our Lady of Victories in Pascagoula, Mission in Saltillo, Mexico, Our 
Lady of the Gulf in Bay St. Louis, Sacred Heart in D'Iberville, and at 
the churches in Wiggins, Lucedale, and Leakesville for 9 years.
  In 1993, Father Lohan began service as pastor of St. Thomas the 
Apostle Catholic Church in Long Beach, MS, where he remained for the 
next 21 years. In 2005, he participated in the rebuilding effort of the 
church, community center, office complex, and elementary school after 
they were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
  Father Louis Lohan has diligently served the Diocese of Biloxi, and I 
am pleased to congratulate and thank him for his many years of devoted 
service to the people of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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