Bishop William Albert Wack, C.S.C.

Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA

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Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jun 1967		Born
28 Aug 1993	26.1	Solemn Vows	Member of Congregation of Holy Cross
9 Apr 1994	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross
29 May 2017	49.9	Appointed	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA
22 Aug 2017	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA

MicroData Summary
William Albert Wack
Bishop William Albert Wack C.S.C.
(born 28 Jun 1967)
Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee

Ad Limina - February 2020: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place South Bend, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana
Ordained Priest Univ. of Notre Dame, Sacred Heart, Basilica, South Bend, Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana
Ordained Bishop Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C. †
Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Gerard Wenski
Archbishop of Miami, Florida
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C.
Bishop of Peoria, Illinois
Bishop Joe Steve Vásquez
Bishop of Austin, Texas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas Gerard Wenski (1997)
Archbishop of Miami, Florida
Archbishop John Clement Favalora (1986)
Archbishop of Miami, Florida
Archbishop Pio Laghi † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Mauriana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Patrick Michael Neary, C.S.C. (2023)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q30086240

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 29 May 2017
mn/ob/c2: CB, 29 May 2017
c34: CB, 6 Jul 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 233, Number 19,502
c1: CB, 19 May 2022

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