Joseph Anthony Fiorenza
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Joseph Anthony Fiorenza (born January 25, 1931 in Beaumont ) is Old Archbishop of Galveston-Houston .
Life
Joseph Anthony Fiorenza was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Galveston on May 29, 1954 .
Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of San Angelo on September 4, 1979 . The Archbishop of San Antonio , Patrick Fernández Flores , ordained him episcopal on October 25 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were John Louis Morkovsky , Bishop of Galveston-Houston, and John Edward McCarthy , Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston.
He was named Bishop of Galveston-Houston on December 6, 1984 and inducted into the office on February 18 of the next year. With the elevation of the diocese to the archbishopric on December 29, 2004, he was appointed Archbishop of Galveston-Houston. On February 28, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI. his age-related retirement.
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predecessor | Office | successor |
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Archbishop of Galveston-Houston 2004-2006 |
Daniel Nicholas Cardinal DiNardo |
John Louis Morkovsky |
Bishop of Galveston-Houston 1984-2004 |
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Stephen Aloysius Leven |
Bishop of San Angelo 1979–1984 |
Michael David Pfeifer OMI |
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SURNAME | Fiorenza, Joseph Anthony |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fiorenza, Joseph; Fiorenza, Joseph A. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clergyman, senior archbishop of Galveston-Houston |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1931 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Beaumont |