National Directory for the Formation, Ministry and Life of Permanent ...

Notes916 Ibid., no. 11.17 Pope Paul VI, Apostolic Letter, Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem (June 18, 1967).18 Pope Paul VI, Apostolic Constitution, Pontificalis Romani Recognito (June 18, 1968).19 AP, op. cit.20 Pope Paul VI, Apostolic Letter, Ministeria Quaedem (August 15, 1972).21 The committee’s responsibilities, as authorized by the United States Conference ofCatholic Bishops, are specified in Appendix II of this Directory.22 Bishops’ Committee on the Permanent Diaconate, National Conference of CatholicBishops, Permanent Deacons in the United States: Guidelines on Their Formation and Ministry(Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 1971). The committee, under itsfirst chairman, Most Rev. Ernest L. Unterkoefler, prepared these Guidelines.23 The diaconate has grown remarkably in the United States. According to statistics of theUSCCB Secretariat for the Diaconate, there were, in 1971, 58 deacons and 529 candidates,and in 1975, 1,074 deacons and 2,243 candidates. By 1980, the number of deaconshad quadrupled to 4,656, with 2,514 candidates. As of December 31, 2001, more than14,000 deacons were serving in the dioceses of the United States and territorial sees. Onlysix dioceses had no incardinated deacons.24 Bishops’ Committee on the Permanent Diaconate, National Conference of CatholicBishops, A National Study of the Permanent Diaconate in the United States (Washington,D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 1981), p. 1.25 Ibid.26 PDG (1984). The committee under the chairmanship of Most Rev. John J. Snyder beganthe revision. It was completed under the chairmanship of Most Rev. John F. Kinney.27 STVI.28 Bishops’ Committee on the Permanent Diaconate, National Conference of CatholicBishops, Service Ministry of the Deacon, Rev. Timothy J. Shugrue, author, (Washington,D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 1988).28 Bishops’ Committee on the Permanent Diaconate, National Conference of CatholicBishops, Foundations for the Renewal of the Diaconate (Washington, D.C.: United StatesCatholic Conference, 1993).30 Bishops’ Committee on the Diaconate, National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Deacons:Ministers of Justice and Charity [video], Deacon Richard Folger, editor, (1998).31 Most Rev. Crescenzio Sepe, Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy, Address to theNational Catholic Diaconate Conference, New Orleans, La. (July 21, 1994).32 PDV.33 Congregation for the Clergy, Directory on the Ministry and Life of Priests (Washington, D.C.:Libreria Editrice Vaticana-United States Catholic Conference, 1994).34 Most Rev. Crescenzio Sepe, op. cit.35 BNFPD and DMLPD, Joint Declaration.