Word: vagnozzi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thomas (1956). In 1965 Shannon was consecrated bishop by the Most Rev. Egidio Vagnozzi, then the Vatican's Apostolic Delegate to the U.S. "They criticize us for not having intellectuals in the hierarchy," remarked Vagnozzi. "Now we have an intellectual, and we shall see what happens...
...hierarchy. He was the only Roman Catholic bishop to march with Martin Luther King at Selma. He was also the only bishop to join a group of Catholic intellectuals in signing a 1967 open letter criticizing U.S. policy in Viet Nam-thereby earning a tough reprimand from Vagnozzi. He publicly endorsed Milwaukee's Father James Groppi and California's Cesar Chavez. Then, in 1968, his appearance on an NBC television special about the U.S. Catholic Church occasioned a critical resolution from the executive board of U.S. bishops...