1. John Walter Yanta was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
11 Facts About John Yanta
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John Yanta served as bishop of the Diocese of Amarillo in Texas from 1997 to 2008 and as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of San Antonio in Texas from 1994 to 1997.
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On March 17,1956, Yanta was ordained into the priesthood for the Archdiocese of San Antonio by Archbishop Robert Lucey.
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In 1957, John Yanta was assigned as assistant pastor at St Ann's Parish in San Antonio.
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John Yanta was arrested during one protest for disturbing the peace.
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John Yanta was consecrated by Archbishop Patrick Flores at the Immaculate Conception Church in Panna Maria, Texas.
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In 2011, John Yanta established the Polish Heritage Center Foundation and bought land in Panna Maria to build the Polish Heritage Center, a museum about Polish immigrants to Texas.
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In 2021, John Yanta spent a week in the hospital due to a case of pneumonia.
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John Yanta died in San Antonio on August 6,2022, at age 90.
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John Yanta argued that one-time offenders who had gone through counseling should not be punished for their crimes.
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However, Yanta admitted that his predecessor, Bishop Leroy T Matthiesen, had recruited many of the problem priests out of treatment programs and kept that information secret from parishioners.