CHICAGO, IL (March 25, 2008) – Most Rev. Timothy J. Lyne, Retired Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, will be honored at a celebration dinner on Thursday, May 1 at the Westin Chicago River North Hotel, 320 N. Dearborn St., Chicago in recognition of his 65 years as an Archdiocesan priest, including 25 years as an auxiliary bishop.

The celebration begins at 6 p.m. and will be co-hosted by Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago, and Rev. Daniel Mayall, pastor of Holy Name Cathedral Parish. The event’s honorary co-chairs are Chicago Mayor and Mrs. Richard M. Daley. All proceeds will benefit the restoration and renovation of the Holy Name Cathedral Parish rectory. Dinner tickets can be purchased by accessing the parish website, www.holynamecathedral.org.

The 89-year old Lyne was born in Chicago and attended Resurrection and St. Mel’s Elementary Schools, Quigley Preparatory Seminary and the University of St. Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary. He was ordained a Catholic priest on May 1, 1943 by Cardinal Stritch, and was soon named associate pastor of St. Mary Parish in Riverside, where he remained until 1962. He then served four years as associate pastor of St. Edmund Parish in Oak Park.