As Bishop-elect Kevin Kenney prepared for his Oct. 28 ordination and installation as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, he took time Oct. 3 to talk with The Catholic Spirit about his family, ministries, prayers and his love of dancing. The conversation is edited for length and clarity.| TheCatholicSpirit.com
Father Jorge Cenala remembers the day he met Father (now Bishop-elect) Kevin Kenney in October 2005. A native of Mexico, Father Cenala was studying at The St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul for the Diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska, at the time. He was assigned to Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Paul as his teaching parish. Father Kenney was the pastor.| TheCatholicSpirit.com
Maureen Kenney, the youngest of six living siblings of Bishop-elect Kevin Kenney, remembers that while growing up there “was always a crowd, and I was the youngest” and the family station wagon was always full.| TheCatholicSpirit.com