Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
John Quinn Weitzel | |
Honorific-Suffix: | M.M. |
Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Pago Pago | |
Diocese: | Samoa-Pago Pago |
Appointed: | June 9, 1986 |
Enthroned: | October 29, 1986 |
Ended: | May 31, 2013 |
Predecessor: | First bishop |
Successor: | Peter Brown |
Ordination: | June 11, 1955 |
Ordained By: | Raymond Aloysius Lane |
Consecration: | October 29, 1986 |
Birth Date: | 10 May 1928 |
Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Death Place: | Maryknoll, New York, U.S. |
John Quinn Weitzel | |
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John Quinn Weitzel M.M. (May 10, 1928 – December 30, 2022) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago in American Samoa.[1]
Weitzel was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 10, 1928.[2] He was ordained a Catholic priest for the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America on June 11, 1955.[1]
Pope John Paul II appointed Weitzel as the first bishop of the newly-erected diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago on June 9, 1986. He was consecrated on October 29, 1986 by Pio Taofinu'u, with Joseph Ferrario and Patrick Vincent Hurley as co-consecrators.
Weitzel's letter of resignation as bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago was accepted by Pope Francis on Friday, May 31, 2013.[3]
Weitzel died on December 30, 2022, following a short illness.[4] [5]