William J. Justice

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name = Most Rev. William J. Justice

|200pxreligion = Catholic Church
See = San Francisco, CA
Title = Auxiliary Bishop & Vicar for Clergy
Period = March 1, 2007 — present
Predecessor = John Charles Wester
Successor = incumbent
date of birth = Birth date and age|1942|5|8|mf=y
place of birth = Lawrence, Massachusetts|

William J. Justice, (born 8 May, 1942) is an American Roman Catholic Bishop. On 10 April, 2008 it was announced that Pope Benedict XVI appointed Justice as the Auxiliary Bishop to serve the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Biography

Early life and clerical formation

William J. Justice was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on May 8, 1942, his family moved to the Bay Area to San Mateo, California in 1946. He attended St. Matthew Elementary from 1948 - 51 and graduated from St. Gregory Elementary, San Francisco (1956). He then graduated from Junipero Serra High School in 1960.

Justice entered the seminary, first at St. Joseph College, Mountain View, California in 1962 and later St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park where he earned a Master of Divinity degree in 1968. He then went to earn a Master of Applied Spirituality degree from the University of San Francisco in 1980. Fluent in Spanish, Bishop - elect Justice studied the language during the summer of 1969 at Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He took additional instruction at the Intensive Spanish Language Program at Cuernavaca, Morelia, Mexico during the summer of 1971.

Priestly ministry

Justice was first ordained as a priest for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1968 in San Francisco. He was ordained on May 17, 1968 by Archbishop Joseph McGucken, shortly after graduating from St. Patrick Seminary. His first parish assignment shortly after ordination was as parochial vicar at St. John the Evangelist, San Francisco (1968 - 70). He has also been parochial vicar at All Souls Parish, South San Francisco (1970 - 76) and St. Paul Parish, San Francisco ( 1976 - 79 ). Bishop - elect Justice was Pastor of St. Peter Parish (1985 - 91), All Souls Parish (1991 - 2003), and Mission Dolores Basilica Parish (2003 - 2007).

Justice's first appointment as Pastor was for St. Peter Parish in San Francisco, in 1985.

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name=William J. Justice
dipstyle=The Most Reverend
offstyle=Your Excellency
relstyle=Monsignor
deathstyle=not applicable |

Episcopal ministry

In 1979 he was appointed Director of the Office for the Permanent Diaconate, and in 1981 began to serve as Secretary of Pastoral Ministry at the Chancery, he helped spearhead Spanish Ministry while also working as part - time director of the Permanent Diaconate Program. From 1982 - 85 he headed the Pastoral Ministry Office. Justice was called back to the Pastoral Center in 2007 to become the Archdiocesan Vicar for Clergy. The following year, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Titular Bishop of Matara de Proconsolari and Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of San Francisco. While he was Episcopal Vicar for Clergy, Justice also served as Vicar General of the Archdiocese.Bishop - elect Justice is a trustee of St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park . He currently chairs three archdiocesan boards, the Priest Personnel Board, the Ongoing Formation Board, and the Priests' Retirement Board. He chaired the Priests' Council from September 2006 to June 2007 and took part in the Alliance of Mission District Catholic Schools while pastor of Mission Dolores Basilica Parish. He will be installed as Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco by Metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco George Hugh Niederauer on 28 May 2008, 2 PM, at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption.

ources

* [http://www.usccb.org/bishops.shtml#j USCCB Bishop Listing]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bjustice.html Catholic Hierarchy]
* [http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2008/08-050.shtml USCCB Announcement of Justice becoming Auxiliary Bishop]
* [http://66.11.152.201/about-us/news/?i=918 Archdiocese of San Francisco announcement of Justice becoming Auxiliary Bishop]

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