It was announced today that Msgr. Frank J. Dewane, a priest of the diocese of Green Bay, Wisconson will become coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Venice, Florida.
Bishop-elect Dewane recieved a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, a Master's Degree in International Administration from American University, Washington, D.C., a degree in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy and a Licentiate in Canon Law from Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas University, Rome, Italy.
He served in Green Bay as an associate pastor and in the diocesan Tribunal from 1989-1991. In June of 1991, he was released for service to the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations in New York. In 1995, he was released for service and appointed as an Official of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" in Rome. Since 2001, he has served as Under-Secretary of the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace in Rome.
The bishop-elect was born in Green Bay on March 9, 1950 and ordained a priest on July 16, 1988.
Photo from the Diocese of Green Bay
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