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Bishop
Dewane was born March 9, 1950 to Eleanor (Prendergast)
and Ben Dewane in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He has raised
on a dairy farm of approximately two-hundred acres with
his brother and two sisters. He is the recipient of a
bachelor's degree in social sciences from the University
of Wisconsin and a master's degree in international
administration from The American University in
Washington, D.C. Prior to
entering seminary formation, Bishop Dewane worked in New
York City for a subsidiary of PepsiCo and for the
National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) based in Moscow.
Bishop Dewane began his studies for the
priesthood at Notre Dame University in South Bend,
Indiana, where he completed one year of philosophy. Next
he did his theological studies at the Pontifical
Gregorian University in Rome. He then completed advanced
studies in canon law at the Pontifical University of St.
Thomas Aquinas in Rome. On July 16, 1988, His Eminence
Cardinal Adam J. Maida ordained Bishop Dewane to the
priesthood for service in the Diocese of Green Bay.
Following his ordination, Bishop Dewane served as an
Assistant Pastor at Ss. Peter and Paul Parish in Green
Bay and worked at the Diocesan Tribunal. In 1991, he was
sent to serve as a member of the Permanent Observer
Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations in New
York City. From 1995 to 2001, he worked at the
Pontifical Council "COR UNUM",
referred to as the charitable arm of the Holy Father,
until being named Under Secretary of the Pontifical
Council for Justice and Peace in 2001. Bishop Dewane
held this position until his nomination by Pope Benedict
XVI in 2006 to Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Venice
in Florida. In January of 2007, upon Bishop Nevins'
retirement, Bishop Dewane assumed the position of Bishop
of the Diocese of Venice.
Bishop Dewane has been a member of the official
delegation of the Holy See to numerous International and
United Nations Conferences and World Summits. Among the
topics addressed by these gatherings were: the
environment; economic and social development;
population; women and development; human settlements or
housing; the International Criminal Court; racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance; financing for development; water; climate
change; and world trade. |
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