Zion (1995) Dean of the Decatur deanery from 1996 to 2001 Bishop's contact for the Hispanic ministry in 1999 Vann also taught canon law at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary. Vann became pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish in 2001. In addition to his pastoral duties, he was also named vicar for clergy in the diocesan chancery. Vann was raised by the Vatican to the rank of honorary chaplain on February 19, 2002. During his tenure at Blessed Sacrament, he oversaw a $2.2 million capital campaign for refurbishing the church, as part of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of its completion in 1930. In April 2004, Vann said that he would be "reticent" in giving communion to US Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), a former parishioner at Blessed Sacrament whose "pro-choice position puts him really outside of communion or unity with the Church's teachings on life". Coadjutor Bishop and Bishop of Fort Worth On May 17, 2005, Vann was appointed coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth by Pope Benedict XVI. This was to have been his first assignment as a bishop, but the bishop of the diocese, Joseph Delaney, died on July 12, 2005. Vann received his episcopal consecration, as previously planned, the next day, July 13 (immediately becoming the third bishop of Fort Worth). Archbishop José Gómez, Archbishop Raymond Burke and Bishop George Lucas served as co-consecrators, at the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in Fort Worth Vann selected as his episcopal motto In Fide Et Dileccione In Christo Iesu, "In the faith and love in Christ Jesus". During the 2008 US presidential election, Vann and Bishop Kevin Farrell issued a joint statement in which they declared that "We cannot make more clear the seriousness of the overriding issue of abortion—while not the only issue—it is the defining moral issue, not only today, but of the last 35 years ... As Catholics we are morally obligated to pray, to act, and to vote to abolish the evil of abortion in America."Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Vann is a member of the committees on marriage, family life, laity and youth, and the subcommittee on marriage and family life. Bishop of Orange On September 21, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI announced the appointed of Vann as bishop of the Diocese of Orange to succeed retiring Bishop Tod Brown, Vann was installed on December 10, 2012. On November 1, 2020, Vann sued the former administrator