Daniel R. Jenky

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Daniel Robert Jenky
Bishop of Peoria
Bishop Daniel Jenky presenting materials related to the Cause for Sainthood of Archbishop Fulton Sheen to Pope Benedict XVI.
Archdiocese	Chicago
Diocese	Peoria
Appointed	February 12, 2002
Installed	April 10, 2002
Predecessor	John J. Myers
Orders
Ordination	April 6, 1974
Consecration	December 16, 1997 by John Michael D'Arcy, Agostino Cacciavillan, and Charles Asa Schleck
Personal details
Birth name	Daniel Robert Jenky
Born	(1947-03-03) March 3, 1947 Chicago, Illinois
Previous post	Teacher at Bourgade Catholic High School in Phoenix, Arizona Rector of Dillon Hall at University of Notre Dame Director of Campus Ministry, and Rector of Sacred Heart Church
Alma mater	University of Notre Dame
Motto	"HIS WILL IS OUR PEACE"

Styles of Daniel Robert Jenky

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Daniel Robert Jenky, CSC (born March 3, 1947) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as Bishop of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois.

Biography

Early life and education

Daniel Jenky was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended St. Laurence High School, under the direction of the Irish Christian Brothers. He entered the University of Notre Dame in 1965, and the novitiate of the Congregation of Holy Cross at Bennington, Vermont in 1966. In 1970, Jenky obtained bachelor's degree in history. He made his profession as member of the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1973, the same year in which he earned his Master of Theology degree and received his diaconate.^[1]

Ordination and ministry

Jenky was ordained to the priesthood on April 6, 1974. He then taught social studies and religion at Bourgade Catholic High School in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1975, he returned to his alma mater of Notre Dame and was Rector of Dillon Hall, Director of Campus Ministry, and Rector of Sacred Heart Church (which would later become a basilica under his tenure), teaching courses as well. In 1985, he became Superior of the Holy Cross priests and brothers at Notre Dame.

Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend

On October 21, 1997, Jenky was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend and Titular Bishop of Amantia by Pope John Paul II.^[1] He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 16 from Bishop John M. D'Arcy, with Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan and Archbishop Charles Asa Schleck, CSC, serving as co-consecrators.^[2] Jenky was assigned as rector of St. Matthew’s Cathedral and pastor of the parish.^[1]

Bishop of Peoria

Pope John Paul II later appointed Jenky as the eighth Bishop of Peoria on February 12, 2002, and he was installed as such on April 10 of that same year at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria. Bishop Jenky has introduced the cause for the canonization of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, a native of Peoria.^[1]

In an April 2012 men's march homily, Jenky, to the applause of the attendees, included the Obama Administration’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on a list of things the Catholic Church has survived including the early persecution of Christians, barbarian invasions, “wave after wave of Jihads”, the “Age of Revolution”, Nazism, and Communism. He continued, “…the Church will survive the entrenched corruption and sheer incompetence of our Illinois state government, and even the calculated disdain of the President of the United States, his bureaucrats and HHS, and the majority in today’s Federal senate.”^[3]^[4]^[5]

More than 90 faculty members at the University of Notre Dame, where he served as Director of Campus Ministry and Rector of the Basilica of Notre Dame before he became Auxiliary Bishop, and where he sits on the 12-member University of Notre Dame Board of Fellows, signed a letter to the University President, the Rev. John I. Jenkins, CSC, and the Chairman of Notre Dame's Board of Trustees, asking that the Bishop renounce his remarks, which they described as insensitive and as too political in tone, or resign from the Board of Fellows, though they acknowledged his constitutional right to freedom of expression. The local chapters of the NAACP, the ACLU, and the Anti-Defamation League also demanded an apology, and there were calls to have the IRS investigate the Bishop because the Diocese, as a tax-exempt, non-profit private entity, is supposed to refrain from overly political comments. Rabbi Daniel Bogard of Peoria's Anshai Emeth Congregation said that Jenky was engaging in demagoguery and using the Holocaust "as a partisan political ploy that trivializes the memory of 13 million innocents killed."^[6] Diocesan officials, including a Vicar General, Monsignor James E. Kruse, and the Chancellor, Patricia Gibson, said that the analogy was meant to point out that the U.S. is starting to suffer an erosion of religious freedom and of the freedom of expression, particularly for Christians.

References

Notes

1 2 3 4 "Most Reverend Daniel R. Jenky, C.S.C., D.D., Bishop of Peoria: Biography". Peoria, Illinois: The Catholic Diocese of Peoria. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
↑ "Bishop Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C.". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
↑ Bishop Jenky, April 14, 2012 "cdop.org"
↑ Tom Dermody, "'Heroic Catholicism' needed in face of threats, bishop tells men" April 15, 2012 The Catholic Post
↑ Eric Kleefeld, "Bishop Of Peoria Compares Obama And Contraception Mandates To Hitler And Stalin" Talking Points Memo
↑ Chris Kaergard, "Peoria bishop sparks controversy with homily remarks" April 19, 2012 The Peoria Journal Star

External links

Office of the Bishop on the Diocese of Peoria website
Catholic-Hierarchy entry for Daniel Robert Jenky

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by John J. Myers	Bishop of Peoria 2002–present	Succeeded by incumbent

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend 1997–2002	Succeeded by –

Diocese of Peoria

Bishops	Ordinaries John Lancaster Spalding Edmund Michael Dunne Joseph Henry Leo Schlarman William Edward Cousins John Baptist Franz Edward William O'Rourke John J. Myers Daniel R. Jenky Auxiliary Peter Joseph O'Reilly

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Peoria Parishes Holy Trinity Church, Bloomington Shrine Queen of the Holy Rosary Memorial Shrine

Education	Newman Centers St. John's Catholic Newman Center, Champaign High Schools Alleman High School, Rock Island Central Catholic High School, Bloomington Marquette High School, Ottawa Notre Dame High School, Peoria St. Bede Academy, Peru St. Thomas More High School, Champaign Schlarman Academy, Danville Former High Schools Academy of Our Lady/Spalding Institute, Peoria Bergan High School, Peoria Villa de Chantal, Rock Island

Priests	Gerald Thomas Bergan James Ryan John George Alleman Fulton J. Sheen

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Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend

Bishops	Ordinaries John Henry Luers Joseph Gregory Dwenger Joseph Rademacher Herman Joseph Alerding John F. Noll Leo Aloysius Pursley William Edward McManus John Michael D'Arcy Kevin C. Rhoades Auxiliary bishops Joseph Robert Crowley John Richard Sheets Daniel R. Jenky

Churches	Cathedrals Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne St. Matthew Cathedral, South Bend Basilica Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Notre Dame Parishes St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Avilla St. Mary's Catholic Church, Huntington St. Adalbert Church, South Bend St. Casimir Church, South Bend

Education	Higher education Ancilla Domini College, Donaldson Holy Cross College, Notre Dame Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne High schools Bishop Dwenger High School, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers High School, Fort Wayne Marian High School, Mishawaka St. Joseph High School, South Bend

Priests	John George Bennett Andrew Gregory Grutka

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