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THE MOST REVEREND
WILLIAM KEITH WEIGAND
Date of Birth:
May 23, 1937
Place of Birth: Bend, Oregon
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EDUCATION:
Elementary
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- Mt. St. Joseph Academy, Tekoa, Washington, 1943-1950
- St. Mary's School, St. Maries, Idaho, 1950-1951
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High School
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- Mt. Angel Minor Seminary, St. Benedict, Oregon, 1951-1955
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College |
- Mt. Angel Seminary, St. Benedict, Oregon, 1955-1957
- St. Thomas
Seminary, Kenmore, Washington, 1957/1959, B.A. degree in
Philosophy; Theology
- St. Thomas Seminary, Kenmore, Washington, 1959-1963, Master of
Divinity.
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ORDINATION TO PRIESTHOOD: |
- May 25, 1963, St. Mary's Church, St. Maries, Idaho, by Bishop Sylvester W. Treinen,
D.D., Bishop of Boise
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ASSIGNMENTS AS A PRIEST:
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- Associate Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Lewiston,
Idaho, 1963-1964, and St. Mary's Parish, Boise, Idaho, 1964-1965
- Administrator of St. Matthew Mission, Eagle; St. Henry's Mission, Grandview,
Idaho; Queen of Heaven Mission, Oreana, Idaho, 1965-1968
- Chancellor and Vice-officialis of the Diocese of Boise,
1964-1968
- Member of the Boise Senate of Priests
- Member of the Boise Diocesan Ecumenical
Commission
- Pastor of the parish of St. John the Baptist in Cali, Colombia,
S.A., June 1968 - December 1977, 9 1/2 years
- Pastor of St. Hubert's Parish, Homedale, Idaho, January 1978 - November 1980.
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ORDINATION TO EPISCOPACY:
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- Appointed 7th bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, September 3, 1980.
- Ordained and installed November 17, 1980, Salt Lake City.
- Appointed 8th bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento, November 30, 1993.
- Installed January 27, 1994, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Sacramento.
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HONORS:
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- Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Utah, Salt Lake City,
Utah, June 10, 1988
- Doctor of Humanities, Mt. Angel Seminary, St. Benedict, Oregon,
October 21, 1988
- Doctor of Social Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, June
13, 1992
- Silver Citizenship Medal of the Utah Sons of the American
Revolution, February 1987
- Silver Beaver Award, Great Salt Lake Council, Boy Scouts of America, February
1990.
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CURRENT NATIONAL COMMITTEES:
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- U.S. Bishops' Latin American Committee, 1995 -
- U.S. Bishops' Pro-Life Committee,
1996 -.
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FORMER NATIONAL COMMITTEES:
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- U.S. Bishops' Committee on the Laity, 1982-1984
- U.S. Bishops' Committee on Campaign for Human Development,
1982-1984
- U.S. Bishops' Committee on the Missions, 1987-1989
- U.S. Bishops' CTNA/CCC Assessment Committee, 1987-1989
- U.S. Bishops' Social Development and World Peace Committee,
1987-1989
- U.S. Bishops' International Policy Committee, 1990-1992
- Served (1981-1986) on the drafting committee for the U.S.
Bishops' pastoral letter "Economic Justice For All" approved
November 1986. Testimony before U.S. Senate Banking Committee for
United States Catholic Conference on Third World Dept, April 1987
- Chaired bishops' subcommittee for drafting the 1989 statement on the Third World
Debt.
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COMMUNITY BOARDS: |
- Westminster College Board of Directors, Salt Lake City
- Utah Committee for American/Soviet Relations
- Greater Salt Lake Homeless Shelter Committee
- Utahns United Against Nuclear Arms Race
- Utahns for Canyonlands
- Anne Frank Exhibit Committee, Salt Lake City
- Make-A-Wish Foundation of Utah
- Economic Development Corporation of Utah
- Utah Blue Ribbon Committee on Health Care
- Success by Six Blue Ribbon Committee, Salt Lake City
- Salt Lake City Gang Task Force
- Mercy Foundation Board of Directors, Sacramento
- Sacramento Life Center Board
- Anne Frank Exhibit Committee, Davis, California
- Friends Outside Advisory Board, Sacramento
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