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Dallas, Texas, Dec 16, 2015 \/ 12:31 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Pope Francis on Wednesday appointed Monsignor J. Gregory Kelly, a local priest, to become the newest auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Dallas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI experience this new call to be an auxiliary bishop more than anything as a new grace from Christ and a new call to serve him, whom I love, and to whom I am especially grateful,\u201d Bishop-designate Kelly said at a Dec. 16 press conference.<\/p>\n

Citing the start of the Church\u2019s Year of Mercy, he looked to the example of the Pope. He said Pope Francis \u201cconstantly reminds us that the path to life on high in Christ Jesus passes through the periphery, passes through going out to other people, our brothers and sisters who are suffering and hurting.\u201d<\/p>\n

To these people, the monsignor said, \u201cwe are called to be signs and instruments of God\u2019s mercy, having received that mercy ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas welcomed the appointment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI consider the fact that our Holy Father has appointed such an outstanding priest as Greg Kelly to serve as a bishop in our diocese to be an early Christmas gift from Pope Francis,\u201d the bishop said in a statement. He described the bishop-designate as \u201cextremely well-respected by priests and parishioners alike\u201d and has been \u201coutstanding\u201d as a pastor and chaplain.<\/p>\n

The 59-year-old priest was born in Le Mars, Iowa to John and Marilean Kelly. He was one of five siblings, and grew up in Colorado and attended Colorado State University, the Diocese of Dallas reports.<\/p>\n

Bishop-designate Kelly attended Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving, Texas from 1976-1982. He has a bachelor\u2019s degree in philosophy and a master\u2019s degree in theology from the University of Dallas. He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Dallas in May 1982.<\/p>\n

He served as chaplaint at the University of Dallas from 1986 to 1996, and was pastor of St. Gabriel Catholic Church in McKinney from 1996 to 2008. Benedict XVI named him a monsignor in 2013.<\/p>\n

Msgr. Kelly has served as the diocese\u2019s vocations director and as interim rector for Holy Trinity Seminary, and is presently the diocese\u2019s vicar for clergy.<\/p>\n

He will become the diocese\u2019s second currently serving auxiliary bishop, joining Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel. There are about 1.3 million Catholics in the Dallas diocese, whose total population is about 4 million.<\/p>\n

His Mass of episcopal consecration will be said Feb. 11 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in downtown Dallas.<\/p>\n

The bishop-designate voiced gratitude for \u201cthe many gifts that God has given me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am truly overwhelmed and shocked when I think about it,\u201d he added in a statement. \u201cI am confident that God\u2019s grace to do this job comes with this call but ask that you please pray for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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