IL HR1352

Honors Monsignor Virgil W. Mank, who died on June 28, 2016, expressing the Illinois House of Representatives' sympathy to his family and friends.

Recognizes Msgr. Mank's more than 50 years of priestly service in the Diocese of Springfield, beginning with his ordination on May 22, 1965.

Documents his pastoral positions at multiple parishes including St. Agnes in Springfield, St. Elizabeth in Granite City, SS. Peter & Paul in Collinsville, St. Ambrose in Godfrey, and St. Jerome in Troy, serving until his retirement in 2009.

Notes his appointment as Dean of the Alton Deanery in 1987 and his recognition as Chaplain to His Holiness by Pope John Paul II on February 19, 2002.

Directs that a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Msgr. Mank's family as an expression of sympathy.