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John Yanta (born October 2, 1931, in Runge, Texas), is a retired Roman Catholic bishop who served the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo in Amarillo, Texas. ==Career== He was ordained for the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Antonio on March 17, 1956 and was then consecrated bishop on December 30, 1994, serving as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Antonio. On January 21, 1997, he was named bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo, and became the bishop of that diocese on March 17, 1997. He retired on January 3, 2008.〔http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org〕 Upon his retirement from the Diocese of Amarillo, Bishop Yanta moved to San Antonio, Texas, remaining active in socially conservative political causes. Bishop Yanta has been and remains an opponent of legal abortion in the United States, making many personal sacrifices to this cause over the years. In 2006, he won the Cardinal von Galen Award for courageous pro-life leadership by leading pro-life demonstrations, requesting that anyone affiliated with Planned Parenthood resign their positions, even going so far as to offer to help them find other employment. He also famously wrote to the University of Notre Dame about their invitation to President Obama, a supporter of legal abortion, and no longer supports his once-loved team and university.〔http://www.hli.org/index.php/news/von-galen-awards/726?task=view〕〔http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=26339〕〔http://www.priestsforlife.org/magisterium/bishops/yanta-elections.htm〕〔http://www.priestsforlife.org/magisterium/bishops/09-05-14-yanta-notre-dame.htm〕〔http://archive.lifenews.com/state2729.html〕 Bishop Yanta was also recognized in 2005 by the Catholic Television of San Antonio (CTSA) as one of the founders and the first executive director of Catholic Television of San Antonio. “It is fitting that we honor Bishop Yanta, who was one of the first individuals in the San Antonio Archdiocese to recognize the value of the television medium as a tool to share God’s word in this community,” said Mary Ullmann Japhet, chairperson of the CTSA Board of Directors. “On a personal level, Bishop Yanta has been an inspiration to me, and I am grateful for his leadership.”〔http://www.satodayscatholic.com/honor.aspx〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Yanta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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