Rembert Weakland
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The Most Reverend Rembert Weakland OSB |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee | |
| See | Milwaukee |
| Appointed | September 20, 1977 |
| Installed | November 8, 1977 |
| Term ended | May 24, 2002 |
| Predecessor | William Edward Cousins |
| Successor | Timothy M. Dolan |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 24, 1951 by Simone Salvi |
| Consecration | November 8, 1977 by Jean Jadot |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | George Weakland |
| Born |
April 2, 1927 Patton, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Basil Weakland & Mary Kane |
| Previous post | Abbot Primate of Benedictine Confederation (1967–1977); Archabbot of St. Vincent Archabbey (1963–1967); Coadjutor Archabbot of St. Vincent Archabbey (June–August 1963) |
| Alma mater |
St. Vincent College St. Vincent Seminary Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm Juilliard School Columbia University |
Rembert Weakland OSB (born April 2, 1927) is an American Benedictine monk, who is a prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Milwaukee from 1977 to 2002. He is the author of A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church: Memoirs of a Catholic Archbishop, which explores church reform issues and the child abuse crisis.
He was born George Weakland in Patton, Pennsylvania, to Basil Weakland (1897–1932) and Mary Kane (1898–1978). One of six children, he has four sisters, Leora, Elizabeth, Barbara, and Marian; and one brother, William. He attended Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Patton, and then enrolled at the minor seminary run by the Benedictine monks of Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe.
Following graduation in 1945, Weakland entered the novitiate of the archabbey, taking the religious name of Rembert. When he completed this initiation into monastic life the following year, he went on to study at Saint Vincent College and Saint Vincent Seminary, also run by the archabbey. He made his solemn profession as a monk on September 29, 1949, at Solesmes Abbey in France. He was then sent by the archabbot to study theology at the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in Rome.
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