Diocese News January 29, 2016
Bishop Kevin Farrell honors recipients of 2016 Bishop’s Award for Service to the Church
The Bishop's Award for Service to the Church was inaugurated in 2012 to recognize the great work and true sacrifice made by lay men and women in the Diocese of Dallas.
At a Mass and ceremony at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe today, Bishop Kevin J. Farrell bestowed the Bishop’s Award for Service to the Church to the honorees for their outstanding service to the church.
The Bishop's Award for Service to the Church was inaugurated in 2012 to recognize the great work and true sacrifice made by lay men and women in the Diocese of Dallas. Nominated by their pastor, parish administrator or diocesan staff member, recipients of this award are practicing Catholics , exemplary volunteers, and known for their public witness to the Catholic faith.
Each person receiving the Bishop's Award for Service to the Church accepts no compensation for their service, and is recommended by specific evidence of their virtuous good works.This award continues to be presented annually.
The Diocese of Dallas sincerely thanks all of the recipients of the Bishop's Award for all of their tireless work to the diocese and to their parishes.
2016 Bishop's Award Recipients
| Name | Nominated by Parish/Organization |
| Chance Barkley | All Saints, Dallas |
| Margie J. Medlin | All Saints, Dallas |
| Eloisa González | Blessed Sacrament |
| Juan Cruz | Blessed Sacrament |
| Alton A. Perry, Sr. | Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe |
| Erma D. Perry | Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe |
| June LaPlante | Christ the King |
| Michael Kurilecz, Jr. | Christ the King |
| Andrew Mech | Church of the Incarnation |
| Anna Mech | Church of the Incarnation |
| Elvia Sanchez | Corpus Christi, Ferris |
| Maria Eva Lopez | Corpus Christi, Ferris |
| Don Hanratty | DIOCESAN - Bishop Farrell Golf |
| Jane Hanratty | DIOCESAN - Bishop Farrell Golf |
| Dianne Doyle | DIOCESAN - Catholic Charities |
| Joe Hogan | DIOCESAN - Catholic Charities |
| Ted Tobolka | DIOCESAN - Catholic Schools |
| Lucy Gonzales | DIOCESAN - Chaplaincy |
| Manuel Gonzales | DIOCESAN - Chaplaincy |
| Diane E. Wood | DIOCESAN - Deaconate Office |
| John Blanks | DIOCESAN - Disability Ministry |
| Becky Daniels | DIOCESAN - Marriage Ministry |
| Joseph Daniels | DIOCESAN - Marriage Ministry |
| Watt, Chris | DIOCESAN - Marriage Ministry |
| Watt, Teresa | DIOCESAN - Marriage Ministry |
| Gerald Sparks | DIOCESAN - Office of Worship |
| Javier Arcadio Valtierra | DIOCESAN - Pastoral Juvenil Hispana |
| Mayra De la Sancha | DIOCESAN - Pastoral Juvenil Hispana |
| Gary W. Garza | DIOCESAN - Prison Ministry |
| Gerald F. Perryman, Jr. | DIOCESAN - Tribunal |
| Helen Ta | DIOCESAN - Tribunal |
| Jóse A. Ocaña | Divine Mercy of Our Lord |
| Steven B. Laramay | Divine Mercy of Our Lord |
| Micaela R. González | Good Shepherd, Garland |
| Victoria Ann Yeatts | Good Shepherd, Garland |
| Ezequiel Juárez | Holy Cross, Dallas |
| Kate Gary | Holy Cross, Dallas |
| Emma Ines Byrne | Holy Family of Nazareth, Irving |
| Wilfrid William Bruce | Holy Family of Nazareth, Irving |
| Carol A. Lemmon | Holy Spirit, Duncanville |
| Leo R. Romualdo | Holy Spirit, Duncanville |
| William L. Guzzetti | Holy Trinity, Dallas |
| Cipriano García | Immaculate Conception, Corsicana |
| Mike Gámez | Immaculate Conception, Corsicana |
| Maria I. Dempsey | Immaculate Conception, Grand Prairie |
| Teresa V. Adames | Immaculate Conception, Grand Prairie |
| Cecilia Hermes | Mary Immaculate |
| Manolo Yañez | Mary Immaculate |
| Angela Roach | Mater Dei Personal Parish |
| David Vidimos | Mater Dei Personal Parish |
| Margarita Đặng Tuyết | Mother of Perpetual Help, Garland |
| Võ Thị Ngọc Liêm | Mother of Perpetual Help, Garland |
| Dora Elia Hernandez | Nuestra Senora Del Pilar |
| Nestor Hernández | Nuestra Senora Del Pilar |
| Phillip C. García, Jr. | Our Lady of Angels, Allen |
| Shelley McPheeters | Our Lady of Angels, Allen |
| Alicia Contreras | Our Lady of Lourdes |
| Jose Garza | Our Lady of Lourdes |
| Gregoria Cisneros | Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Dallas |
| Juan Cisneros | Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Dallas |
| Maria Carrillo | Our Lady of San Juan, Dallas |
| Roman Hernández | Our Lady of San Juan, Dallas |
| Joe Padilla | Our Lady of the Lake, Rockwall |
| Lorraine Chambers | Our Lady of the Lake, Rockwall |
| Dick Leyendecker | Prince of Peace |
| Shirley Cauduro | Prince of Peace |
| Chenni Liu | Sacred Heart of Jesus Chinese, Plano |
| Jingling Wang | Sacred Heart of Jesus Chinese, Plano |
| Brenda Irvine | Sacred Heart, Rowlett |
| Mark Nightingale | Sacred Heart, Rowlett |
| Elvira Cortez | Santa Clara of Assisi, Dallas |
| Maria Villafana | Santa Clara of Assisi, Dallas |
| José Luis De Labra, Jr. | SMU Campus Ministry |
| Meagan Harkey | SMU Campus Ministry |
| Seungmin Yang | St. Andrew Kim, Farmers Branch |
| Steve Kim | St. Andrew Kim, Farmers Branch |
| Pauline Stein | St. Ann, Coppell |
| Peter Stein | St. Ann, Coppell |
| Annie Mae Vrzalik | St. Ann, Kaufman |
| Katy Yenke | St. Ann, Kaufman |
| Annie Coleman | St. Anthony, Dallas |
| Marvin Coleman | St. Anthony, Dallas |
| Eva Ramírez | St. Anthony, Wylie |
| Richard Ramírez | St. Anthony, Wylie |
| Gonzalo Marín | St. Augustine, Dallas |
| Maria Narvaez | St. Augustine, Dallas |
| Carmen Villasana | St. Bernard of Clairvaux |
| Juan Pablo Araiza | St. Bernard of Clairvaux |
| Marciano Olivarez | St. Cecilia |
| María A. Rodríguez | St. Cecilia |
| Jóse Avila | St. Edward, Dallas |
| Martha Tucker | St. Edward, Dallas |
| Alan E. Dippel | St. Elizabeth Ann Seton |
| Diane P. Martinez | St. Elizabeth Ann Seton |
| David Fisher | St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Dallas |
| Rosie Hernández | St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Dallas |
| Margaret Ross | St. Elizabeth, Bonham |
| Robert Ross | St. Elizabeth, Bonham |
| Anita Morales | St. Francis of Assisi Quasi, Whitesboro |
| Jeri Kolash | St. Francis of Assisi Quasi, Whitesboro |
| Andrew R. Smith | St. Francis of Assisi, Frisco |
| Susana Hernández | St. Francis of Assisi, Frisco |
| Kenneth Littles | St. Francis of Assisi, Lancaster |
| Mary M. Tillotson | St. Francis of Assisi, Lancaster |
| Teresa Mroz | St. Gabriel, McKinney |
| Tony Saporito | St. Gabriel, McKinney |
| Martie Greene | St. James, Dallas |
| Sharon K. Snowton | St. James, Dallas |
| Joseph Galetka | St. John Nepomucene, Ennis |
| Sheila Galetka | St. John Nepomucene, Ennis |
| Gary Eugene Frieden | St. John the Apostle, Terrell |
| Lois LaDay | St. John the Apostle, Terrell |
| Lan Thị Trần | St. Joseph Vietnamese, Grand Prairie |
| Thuận Xuân Nguyễn | St. Joseph Vietnamese, Grand Prairie |
| Joan Lawrence | St. Joseph, Commerce |
| Richard Lawrence | St. Joseph, Commerce |
| Ben F. Frazer | St. Joseph, Richardson |
| Kathy Thompson | St. Joseph, Richardson |
| Ana Torres | St. Joseph, Waxahachie |
| John Cásarez | St. Joseph, Waxahachie |
| Jorge Antonio Ramos | St. Juan Diego |
| Margarito García Jr. | St. Juan Diego |
| Sonja Yahnke | St. Jude, Allen |
| Stephen Mauser | St. Jude, Allen |
| Alice Brnicky | St. Luke the Evangelist, Irving |
| Larry F. Brnicky | St. Luke the Evangelist, Irving |
| Ann Rossigno | St. Mark the Evangelist, Plano |
| Mary "Missy" Herriges | St. Mark the Evangelist, Plano |
| Robert Schlebach | St. Martin of Tours, Forney |
| Sharon Kuver | St. Martin of Tours, Forney |
| Ginny O'Hanlon | St. Mary Catholic Church, Sherman |
| Victor Serrato | St. Mary Catholic Church, Sherman |
| Reynaldo Aviles | St. Mary of Carmel |
| Concepción García | St. Mary of Carmel |
| Laura L. Grant | St. Michael the Archangel, Garland |
| Scott W. Grant | St. Michael the Archangel, Garland |
| Judith Ann Saenz | St. Michael the Archangel, Grand Prairie |
| Maria Christine Hogeda | St. Michael the Archangel, Grand Prairie |
| Rebecca E. Ferrill | St. Michael the Archangel, McKinney |
| Héctor Hernández | St. Michael the Archangel, McKinney |
| Barbara Brummitt | St. Monica, Dallas |
| Leobardo "Willy" León | St. Monica, Dallas |
| Jeanne Larson | St. Patrick, Dallas |
| Patricia M. Sherk | St. Patrick, Dallas |
| Dianne Scoggins | St. Patrick, Denison |
| Suzanne Broussard | St. Patrick, Denison |
| Joe Semler | St. Paul the Apostle |
| Maryan Schirm | St. Paul the Apostle |
| Andrzej Kaminski | St. Peter The Apostle Catholic Church |
| Marcella Hamilton | St. Peter The Apostle Catholic Church |
| Asunción R. Gloria | St. Philip the Apostle, Dallas |
| Maria Gloria | St. Philip the Apostle, Dallas |
| Len Ruby | St. Pius X, Dallas |
| Peggy Ruby | St. Pius X, Dallas |
| Kara Gehan | St. Rita, Dallas |
| Peter Gehan | St. Rita, Dallas |
| Jim Krieger | St. Thomas Aquinas, Dallas |
| Therese Baird | St. Thomas Aquinas, Dallas |
| Kristina Holleman | St. William/ Our Lady of Fatima |
| R. W. Holleman | St. William/ Our Lady of Fatima |