Daniel R. Jenky

Styles of Daniel Jenky
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

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

Life and career

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]

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.

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]

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]

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Most Reverend Daniel R. Jenky, C.S.C., D.D., Bishop of Peoria: Biography". Peoria, Illinois: The Catholic Diocese of Peoria. http://www.cdop.org/pages/ABishopBio.aspx. Retrieved 2008-11-26. 
2. ^ "Bishop Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C.". Catholic-Hierarchy. Leawood, Kansas: David M. Cheney. 2008-10-11. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bjenky.html. Retrieved 2008-11-26. 

External links

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

Preceded by John J. Myers

Bishop of Peoria 2002–present

Succeeded by incumbent

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Name	Jenky, Daniel Robert
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Date of birth	March 3, 1947
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