Dale Joseph Melczek

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Dale Joseph Melczek
Bishop Emeritus of Gary
Province	Indianapolis
See	Gary
In office	June 1, 1996 - November 24, 2014
Predecessor	Norbert Felix Gaughan
Successor	Donald J. Hying
Orders
Ordination	June 6, 1964 by John Francis Dearden
Consecration	January 27, 1983 by Edmund Szoka
Personal details
Born	(1938-11-09) November 9, 1938 Detroit, Michigan
Nationality	American
Denomination	Catholic Church
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Tragurium (1983 -1992), Apostolic Administrator of Gary (1992 - 1995), Coadjutor Bishop, Gary (1995 - 1996)
Alma mater	St. Mary's College (undergraduate), St. John Provincial Seminary (post graduate), University of Detroit (masters), University of Notre Dame (doctorate work)
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Styles of Dale Melczek

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

Dale Joseph Melczek (born November 9, 1938) is a retired American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He first served as a Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit before becoming the third Bishop of Gary, a post he held from June 1, 1996 until his retirement on November 24, 2014.

Biography

Dale Melczek was born in Detroit, Michigan, and studied at St. Mary's College in Orchard Lake, and St. John Provincial Seminary in Plymouth, from where he obtained a Master's degree in Divinity.^[1] He earned a Master's in Education from the University of Detroit, and did his postgraduate work at the University of Notre Dame.^[1]

He was ordained to the priesthood on June 6, 1964,^[2] and then served as associate pastor at St. Sylvester Church in Warren until 1970. Melczek was co-pastor (1970-1972) and later pastor (1972-1975) of St. Christine Church in Detroit, and concurrently vicar of the West Detroit Vicariate (1973-1975).^[1] He served as assistant vicar for parishes from 1975 to 1977, when he became secretary to John Cardinal Dearden and vicar general of the Archdiocese.^[1]

On December 3, 1982, Melczek was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit and Titular Bishop of Tragurium by Pope John Paul II.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration on January 27, 1983 from Archbishop Edmund Szoka, with Bishops Harold Perry, S.V.D., and Arthur Krawczak serving as co-consecrators.^[2] As an auxiliary bishop, he served as episcopal vicar of the Detroit Northwest Region.^[1]

He was later named Apostolic Administrator of Gary, Indiana, on August 19, 1992, and Coadjutor Bishop of Gary on October 28, 1995.^[2] Melczek succeeded Norbert F. Gaughan as the third Bishop of Gary on June 1, 1996.^[2]

Elected to the Board of Catholic Relief Services in November 1996, he has visited the Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, East Timor, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Angola, and Tanzania on behalf of CRS.^[3] He has also served as chairman of the USCCB Committee on the Laity (2002-2005), co-chairman of the Race Relations Council of Northwest Indiana (2002-2007), and episcopal liaison to the National Association of Catholic Chaplains (2002-2007).^[3]

On November 9, 2013, Bishop Melczek turned 75, the age at which Catholic bishops are required to submit their resignations to the Pope. A year after he submitted his resignation, the Vatican accepted it on November 24, 2014. That same day, Bishop Donald J. Hying, the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was named the 4th Bishop of the diocese, replacing Melczek. Bishop Melczek became the apostolic administrator of the diocese until Hying's installation that following January.

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Dale Joseph Melczek". Who's Who in America.
1 2 3 4 5 "Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
1 2 "Bishop's Office". Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Norbert Felix Gaughan	Bishop of Gary 1996–2014	Succeeded by Donald J. Hying

Diocese of Gary

Bishops	Andrew Gregory Grutka Norbert Felix Gaughan Dale Joseph Melczek Donald J. Hying

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Holy Angels Parishes St. John the Evangelist Church, St. John

Education	Higher Education Calumet College of St. Joseph High Schools Bishop Noll Institute, Hammond La Lumiere School, La Porte Andrean High School, Merrillville Marquette Catholic High School, Michigan City Sacred Heart Apostolic School, Rolling Prairie

Priests	Carl Frederick Mengeling

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Archdiocese of Detroit

Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Detroit

Bishops	Frederick Rese Caspar Borgess John Samuel Foley Michael Gallagher

Coadjutor bishop	Peter Paul Lefevere

Archbishops	Edward Aloysius Mooney John Francis Dearden Edmund Szoka Adam Maida Allen Henry Vigneron

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Churches in the Archdiocese of Detroit

Cathedral	Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Parishes	Detroit Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church Most Holy Redeemer Church Our Lady of the Rosary Church Sacred Heart Church St. Albertus Church Ste. Anne de Detroit Church St. Catherine of Siena Church St. Charles Borromeo Church St. Josaphat's Church St. Joseph Church St. Mary Church St. Patrick Church Saints Peter and Paul Church St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church Sweetest Heart of Mary Church Monroe County St. Mary's Church, Monroe Wayne County St. Paul Church, Grosse Pointe Farms St. Florian Church, Hamtramck Our Lady of the Scapular Parish, Wyandotte Former St. Boniface Church, Detroit St. Theresa of Avila Church, Detroit St. Thomas the Apostle's Church, Detroit

Shrine	National Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak

Education in the Archdiocese of Detroit

Higher education	Madonna University Marygrove College University of Detroit Mercy

Seminaries	Sacred Heart Major Seminary SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary

High schools	Macomb County De La Salle Collegiate High School, Warren Regina High School, Warren Austin Catholic High School, Ray Township Monroe County St. Mary Catholic Central High School, Monroe Oakland County Academy of the Sacred Heart High School, Bloomfield Hills Bishop Foley Catholic High School, Madison Heights Brother Rice High School, Bloomfield Hills Detroit Catholic Central High School, Novi Everest Academy and High School, Independence Township Marian High School, Bloomfield Hills Mercy High School, Farmington Hills Notre Dame Preparatory, Pontiac Our Lady of the Lakes High School, Waterford Shrine Catholic High School, Royal Oak St. Mary's Preparatory, Orchard Lake Village St. Catherine of Siena Academy, Wixom St. Clair County Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School, Marine City Wayne County Cabrini High School, Allen Park Detroit Cristo Rey High School, Detroit Divine Child High School, Dearborn Gabriel Richard Catholic High School, Riverview Ladywood High School, Livonia Loyola High School, Detroit University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy, Detroit

Former	Higher education Duns Scotus College Maryglade College High schools Girls Catholic Central High School, Detroit Holy Redeemer High School, Detroit Notre Dame High School, Harper Woods Sacred Heart High School, Roseville Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School, Wyandotte

Clergy of the Archdiocese of Detroit

Auxiliary bishops	Moses Anderson Allen James Babcock Leonard Paul Blair Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr. Joseph M. Breitenbeck Kevin Michael Britt Michael J. Byrnes Arturo Cepeda Patrick R. Cooney Henry Edmund Donnelly John Anthony Donovan Daniel E. Flores Thomas Gumbleton Donald Hanchon Bernard Joseph Harrington Walter A. Hurley Joseph Leopold Imesch Edward D. Kelly Arthur Henry Krawczak Dale Joseph Melczek John Clayton Nienstedt Joseph C. Plagens John M. Quinn Francis R. Reiss Walter Joseph Schoenherr Allen Henry Vigneron Stephen Stanislaus Woznicki Alexander M. Zaleski

Priests	Alexander Joseph Brunett Solanus Casey Charles Coughlin Francis Kelley Camillus Paul Maes Jeffrey Marc Monforton William Murphy John A. Trese Kenneth Edward Untener

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