April 21, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 75 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E374-E375]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  RECOGNIZING BISHOP GREGORY HARTMAYER

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                     HON. EARL L. ``BUDDY'' CARTER

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 21, 2020

  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate 
Bishop Gregory Hartmayer for being named the seventh Archbishop of 
Atlanta by Holy Father Pope Francis.
  Bishop Hartmayer has remarkably served several roles in the church 
for over 40 years, including a guidance counselor, teacher, and 
eventually a school principal for Catholic high schools.
  After spending many years in New York and Massachusetts, Bishop 
Hartmayer moved to Georgia to serve as a pastor and then bishop.
  He has been recognized by his community, family, and friends as a 
kind, faithful, and humble servant of the Lord.
  Bishop Hartmayer was appointed the fourteenth bishop of the Diocese 
of Savannah by Pope Benedict the 16th in 2011.
  I was honored to have him as my guest at Pope Francis' speech to a 
joint session of Congress in 2015.
  His life has been marked by graciously sharing wisdom, peace, and 
clarity with everyone he encounters, and freely giving his resources 
for the good of others.
  Thank you, Bishop Hartmayer, for your service to the people of the 
Diocese of Savannah, and to Georgia's First District.
  I know God will continue to use you in amazing ways as you serve as 
the seventh Archbishop of Atlanta, and I wish you all the best.

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