CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Most Rev. Kevin Birmingham, auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Chicago and former secretary to Cardinal Blase Cupich, died Monday.
“Bishop Kevin,” as colleagues called him, died in his sleep of natural causes, according to the Archdiocese, a few days shy of his 52nd birthday.
“The Church has lost a wonderful priest and bishop and I lost a dear friend and valued colleague,” Cupich wrote in a statement. “Birmingham was a devoted and joyful priest. He felt called to serve Latino Catholics especially, and he learned Spanish in order to do so. He served in my office for six years as priest-secretary, always with dedication and attention to every detail.”
He wrote he had a “reputation for kindness.”
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