Bishop Patrick James Zurek

Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo, Texas, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Aug 1948		Born
29 Jun 1975	26.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Austin, Texas, USA
5 Jan 1998	49.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
5 Jan 1998	49.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thamugadi
16 Feb 1998	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thamugadi
3 Jan 2008	59.3	Appointed	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA
22 Feb 2008	59.5	Installed	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA
13 Feb 2026³	77.4	Retired	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Patrick James Zurek
Bishop Patrick James Zurek
(born 17 Aug 1948)
Bishop Emeritus of Amarillo

Event Place
Birth Place Wallis, Diocese of Galveston, Texas
Ordained Priest Saint Peter's Square, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Amarillo.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Pope Paul VI
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Patrick Fernández Flores †
Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Edmond Carmody
Bishop of Tyler, Texas
Bishop John Edward McCarthy †
Bishop of Austin, Texas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Patrick Fernández Flores † (1970)
Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1699965

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 3 Jan 2007
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Number 13,242
op.loc: CB, 26 Oct 2022
r: Bollettino, 14 Feb 2026

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