Joseph A. Pepe
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Joseph Anthony Pepe |
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| Bishop of Las Vegas | |
| Archdiocese | San Francisco |
| Diocese | Las Vegas |
| Appointed | April 6, 2000 |
| Installed | May 31, 2001 |
| Predecessor | Daniel F. Walsh |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 18, 1970 by John Cardinal Krol |
| Consecration | May 31, 2001 by Archbishop William Levada, Michael Sheehan, and Joseph Anthony Galante |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 18, 1942 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Motto | AS ONE WHO SERVES |
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Styles of Joseph Anthony Pepe |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Joseph Anthony Pepe (born June 18, 1942) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He serves as the second and current Bishop of Las Vegas.
Joseph Pepe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as one of the two children of Francis and Elvira (née Fazio) Pepe. He was baptized at St. Francis de Sales Church. After his graduation from Roman Catholic High School in 1960, he entered St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood and was ordained to the priesthood by John Cardinal Krol on May 16, 1970.
Pepe then served as an assistant pastor at Our Lady of Loreta Parish, teaching at Cardinal O'Hara High School in Springfield as well. In 1976, he obtained his doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicumin Rome. He was also named Defender of the Bond for the Metropolitan Tribunal that same year, and Prosynodal Judge in 1977. From 1982 to 1987, Pepe was professor of canon law at his alma mater of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. He was also made Vice-Chancellor (1987) and Chancellor (1990) of the archdiocese; during his tenure in the chancery, he served as Vice-Promoter for the cause of beatification of Katharine Drexel.
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