PRINTER'S NO. 3330
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
759
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, KINSEY, NEILSON, MURT, MILLARD,
KIM, SOLOMON, KORTZ, HILL-EVANS, T. DAVIS, PASHINSKI, RYAN,
SANCHEZ, BURNS, READSHAW, HOWARD, GALLOWAY, STAATS AND
ROEBUCK, FEBRUARY 24, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 24, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Honoring Bishop Nelson Perez on his appointment as the first
Latino archbishop of Philadelphia.
WHEREAS, Bishop Nelson J. Perez was born in Miami, Florida,
on June 16, 1961; and
WHEREAS, The son of Cuban immigrants, Bishop Perez was raised
in West New York, New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, Bishop Perez earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in
Psychology from Montclair State University in 1983; and
WHEREAS, Bishop Perez taught at Colegio la Piedad, a Catholic
elementary school in Puerto Rico; and
WHEREAS, In 1988, Bishop Perez entered Saint Charles Borromeo
Seminary in Philadelphia, where he earned Master of Divinity and
Master of Arts in Theology degrees; and
WHEREAS, After attending the diocesan seminary in
Philadelphia, Bishop Perez's first role in priesthood landed him
as parochial vicar of Saint Ambrose Parish in Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, Bishop Perez later returned to Saint Charles
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