William Joseph Dendinger

William Joseph Dendinger (born August 8, 1939 in Coleridge ) is an American clergyman, bishop emeritus of Grand Island and retired 2-star general in the United States Air Force .

Life

education

1961 Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and English, Immaculate Conception Seminary , Conception , Missouri .
1964 Master of Arts in Theology, Aquinas Institute , Dubuque , Iowa
1969 Masters of Science degree in Consulting from Creighton University , Omaha , Nebraska

On May 29, 1965 he was ordained a priest .

Military career

In 1970, after five years in civil parishes and teaching in Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska , William Joseph Dendinger became a chaplain in the US Air Force. From 1973 he attended the officers' school at Maxwell Air Force Base , Alabama ; In 1978 he began graduate studies at the School of Applied Theology in Berkeley, California . He has served at all levels of responsibility in the USAF military chaplaincy . Until his retirement on May 1, 2001 with the rank of major general, he was chief of military chaplaincy for the US Air Force at US Air Force headquarters. As a member of a special staff of the Chief of Staff, he advised the Chief of Staff on all matters relating to religious and moral concerns of Air Force personnel. He was also responsible for establishing an overall program to meet the religious needs of all members of the US Air Force. As chief of military chaplaincy, he commanded an active, guard, reserve, and civilian force of more than 850,000 people in approximately 1,300 locations in the United States and overseas. He led an Air Force unit of approximately 2,200 military chaplains and crews among the active and air reserve units. As a member of the Armed Forces Chaplains Board , he and other members served as advisers to the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff on matters of religion, ethics and lifestyle.

Positions

July 1970 - July 1972: Basic Chaplain, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
July 1972 - December 1974: Basic Chaplain, Yokota Air Base , Japan
December 1974 - August 1978: Kaplan, US Air Force Academy , Colorado Springs , Colorado
August 1978 - September 1979: Student, School of Applied Theology , Berkeley, California
September 1979 - September 1980: Basiskaplan, Osan Air Base , South Korea
September 1980 - January 1982: Basic Chaplain, Mather Air Force Base , California
January 1982 - February 1985: Member of the Chaplain Resource Board, USAF Chaplain Service Institute, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
February 1985 - May 1988: Basiskaplan, Hahn Air Base , Federal Republic of Germany
June 1988 - June 1993: Officer in charge of Plans and Programs and later Chief of Plans and Programs in the Office of the Air Force Chief of Military Chaplaincy, Bolling Air Force Base , Washington, DC
June 1993 - September 1995: Military Chaplain in command at Air Combat Command Headquarters , Langley Air Force Base , Virginia .
September 1995 - June 1997: Deputy Chief of Military Chaplaincy, US Air Force, US Air Force Headquarters
June 1997 - April 2001: Chief of Military Chaplaincy, US Air Force, US Air Force Headquarters

Episcopate

Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Grand Island on October 14, 2004 . He was ordained episcopal by the Archbishop of Omaha , Elden Francis Curtiss , on December 13 of the same year; Co- consecrators were Fabian Wendelin Bruskewitz , Bishop of Lincoln , and Lawrence James McNamara , Former Bishop of Grand Island.

On January 14, 2015, Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation from office.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Columbus (USA) e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, October 14, 2004, accessed January 14, 2015 (Italian).
^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Grand Island (USA) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 14, 2015, accessed January 14, 2015 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Lawrence James McNamara	Bishop of Grand Island 2004–2015	Joseph Hanefeldt

personal data
SURNAME	Dendinger, William Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dendinger, William J .; Dendinger, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American clergyman, major general, bishop emeritus of Grand Island
DATE OF BIRTH	August 8, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Coleridge

[1] Rinuncia del Vescovo di Columbus (USA) e Nomina del Successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, October 14, 2004, accessed January 14, 2015 (Italian).

[2] Rinuncia del Vescovo di Grand Island (USA) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 14, 2015, accessed January 14, 2015 (Italian).