Joe S. Vásquez
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Joe Stephen Vásquez |
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| Bishop of Austin | |
| Archdiocese | Galveston-Houston |
| Diocese | Austin |
| Appointed | January 26, 2010 |
| Installed | March 8, 2010 |
| Predecessor | Gregory Michael Aymond |
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| Ordination | June 30, 1984 by Joseph Fiorenza |
| Consecration | January 23, 2002 by Joseph Fiorenza, Patrick Flores, and Michael David Pfeifer |
| Personal details | |
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July 9, 1957 Stamford, Texas |
| Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston |
| Motto | SIGUEME |
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Styles of Joe Stephen Vásquez |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Joe Stephen Vásquez (born July 9, 1957) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin on January 26, 2010. He was previously the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
Joe Vásquez, who is of Mexican American descent, was born in Stamford, Texas, to Juan (b. 1933) and Elvira Vásquez (d. 2005). His father, a veteran of the Korean War, dropped out of school in the second grade to support his family and later made a living as a mechanic. The oldest of six children, he has three brothers, Robert, Samuel, and James; and two sisters, Cynthia and Consuelo. He attended public schools in Stamford and Abilene. From 1976 to 1980, he studied at St. Mary Seminary and the University of St. Thomas, from where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Theology. He then furthered his studies at the Pontifical North American College and Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1980 to 1985.
Vásquez was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Joseph Fiorenza on June 30, 1984. He then served as parochial vicar at St. Joseph Church in Odessa until 1987, when he became pastor of in . From 1997 to 2002, he served as pastor of St. Joseph Church in San Angelo.
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