George Stack
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His Grace The Most Reverend George Stack CStJ |
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| Archbishop of Cardiff | |
Archbishop George Stack
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Cardiff |
| Province | Province of Cardiff |
| Appointed | 19 April 2011 |
| Installed | 20 June 2011 |
| Predecessor | Peter Smith |
| Successor | incumbent |
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| Ordination | 21 May 1972 by Victor Guazzelli |
| Consecration | 12 April 2001 by Cormac Murphy-O'Connor |
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| Born |
9 May 1946 Cork, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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George Stack CStJ (born 9 May 1946) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was installed as the seventh Archbishop of Cardiff on 20 June 2011.
George Stack was born in Cork, Ireland on 9 May 1946. He attended school in Highgate, London, before entering seminary at St. Edmund's College, Ware in 1966. He was ordained deacon in 1971 and completed his seminary training 1972, being ordained priest on 21 May 1972 by Bishop Victor Guazzelli, an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Westminster.
Following ordination, Father Stack was appointed curate St Joseph's, parish, Hanwell. Between 1974 and 1977, Father Stack pursued a Bachelor of Education degree at St Mary's University College, Twickenham. He then became curate at St Paul's, Wood Green, and in 1983 was appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady, Help of Christians in Kentish Town.
In 1990, he was appointed Vicar General for Clergy, a post based at Archbishop's House in Victoria, London. He became Administrator of Westminster Cathedral in 1993, and was granted the title Monsignor.
In 2001, Monsignor Stack was consecrated an Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Westminster, by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor. In 2006, he was identified as holding responsibility for the pastoral care of deaneries in Hertfordshire and for Westminster's Diocesan Department for Education and Formation.
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