Edward Weisenburger

The Most Reverend Edward Joseph Weisenburger
Bishop of Salina

Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Salina
In office	May 1, 2012
Predecessor	Paul Stagg Coakley
Orders
Ordination	December 19, 1987
Consecration	May 1, 2012 by Joseph Naumann, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kansas City
Personal details
Born	December 23, 1960 Alton, Illinois
Previous post	Vicar General of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City (1996-2012)

Edward Joseph Weisenburger, J.C.L., is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church serving as the eleventh bishop of the Diocese of Salina, Kansas since 2012.

Biography

Early life and education

Weisenburger was born in Alton, Illinois on December 23, 1960 and grew up primarily in Lawton, Oklahoma, although he spent two years of his childhood in Hays, Kansas. In Lawton, he attended St. Barbara's Catholic Church which closed and reopened in 1978 at a new location in Lawton under the new name of Holy Family Catholic Church. He graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1979. He graduated with honors from Conception Seminary College in Conception, Missouri in 1983. He then attended the American College Seminary at the Catholic University in Leuven, Belgium. He graduated with honors, earning the Pontifical S.T.B. in Theology along with an M.A. in Religious Studies in 1986, and a Masters in Moral and Religious Sciences in 1987.

Ordination and ministry

Weisenburger was ordained a priest in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Oklahoma City on December 19, 1987. He also earned a Licentiate of Canon Law degree from St. Paul University in Ottawa, Canada in 1992. Prior to being appointed bishop, he was vicar general of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City from 1996 to 2012 and rector of the cathedral from 2002 to 2012. On October 2, 2009, he was appointed a Prelate of Honor to Pope Benedict XVI, with the title reverend monsignor. Prior to his consecration, the Diocese of Salina was without a bishop for a year and a half.^[1]

Bishop of Salina, Kansas

He was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on February 6, 2012 and consecrated on May 1, 2012 in the Sacred Heart Cathedral.^[2]

References

↑ "Biography / Curriculum Vitae of Bishop Weisenburger," online at http://salinadiocese.org/bishop/biography-curriculum-vitae.
↑ Gordon J. Fielder, Jr., "New Catholic Diocese bishop ordained," The Salina Journal, May 2, 2012, online at http://www.saljournal.com/news/story/Bishop-Weisenburger; "Biography / Curriculum Vitae of Bishop Weisenburger," online at http://salinadiocese.org/bishop/biography-curriculum-vitae.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Paul Stagg Coakley	Bishop of Salina 2012-present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Diocese of Salina

Ordinaries	Bishops of Concordia Richard Scannell John Francis Cunningham Francis Joseph Tief Bishops of Salina Francis Augustine Thill Frederick William Freking Cyril John Vogel Daniel Kucera George Kinzie Fitzsimons Paul Stagg Coakley Edward Weisenburger

Churches	Cathedral Sacred Heart Cathedral Parishes St. John the Baptist Church, Beloit St. Joseph Church, Damar St. Joseph's Church, Hays Seven Dolors Church, Manhattan Basilica of St. Fidelis, Victoria

Education	High Schools Sacred Heart High School, Salina St. John's Catholic High School, Beloit St. Xavier High School, Junction City Thomas More Prep-Marian, Hays Tipton Catholic High School, Tipton Former Marymount College

Miscellany	Nazareth Convent and Academy

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Archdiocese of Oklahoma City

Ordinaries	Prefects of Indian Territory Isidore Robot Ignatius Jean Bishops Theophile Meerschaert Francis Kelley Eugene J. McGuinness Victor Joseph Reed Archbishops John R. Quinn Charles Salatka Eusebius J. Beltran Paul Stagg Coakley

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parishes St. Joseph Old Cathedral, Oklahoma City Abbey St. Gregory's Abbey

Education	Higher Education St. Gregory's University High Schools Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, Oklahoma City Mount St. Mary High School, Oklahoma City

Priests	Raised to the episcopate Stephen Aloysius Leven John Joseph Sullivan Anthony Taylor Edward Weisenburger Servant of God Stanley Rother

Miscellany	Sooner Catholic

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