Thomas Wenski
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Thomas Gerard Wenski |
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| Archbishop of Miami | |
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| Archdiocese | Miami |
| Appointed | April 20, 2010 |
| Installed | June 1, 2010 |
| Predecessor | John Clement Favalora |
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| Ordination | May 15, 1976 by Coleman Carroll |
| Consecration | September 3, 1997 by John Favalora, Edward A. McCarthy, and Agustin Roman |
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| Birth name | Thomas Gerard Wenski |
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October 18, 1950 West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Previous post |
Bishop of Orlando (2004–10) Coadjutor Bishop of Orlando (2003–04) Auxiliary Bishop of Miami (1997–2003) |
| Motto | OMNIA OMNIBUS |
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Styles of Thomas Gerard Wenski |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | John Favalora (Miami) |
| Date of consecration | September 3, 1997 |
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Bishops consecrated by Thomas Wenski as principal consecrator
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| Gregory Parkes | June 5, 2012 |
| Peter Baldacchino | March 19, 2014 |
Thomas Gerard Wenski (born October 18, 1950) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed Archbishop of Miami by Pope Benedict XVI on April 20, 2010 and was installed on June 1, 2010. He previously served as Bishop of Orlando (2004–2010), coadjutor bishop of Orlando (2003–04), and auxiliary bishop of Miami (1997–2003).
Wenski was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, to Chester and Louise (née Zawacki) Wenski. His father was born in Poland with the last name "Wiśniewski", and came to the United States with his parents in 1910 at age 2. The family eventually adopted the Anglicized version, "Wenski". Both Chester and Louise were raised in the Polish neighborhoods of Detroit, Michigan, but moved to Florida after their marriage. Together they ran a business spray-painting stucco houses.
Wenski was raised in Lake Worth, where he attended Sacred Heart School. He decided to become a priest in the third grade, later recalling, "I never imagined myself as anything else; it was what God wanted me to do, although I sometimes vacillated on whether I wanted to do it." At age 13, he entered St. John Vianney Seminary in Miami. During his twelve years at the seminary, he was a self-described "very liberal seminarian," questioning Catholic teaching on clerical celibacy and the ordination of women. His views eventually became more conservative through his experience working with Cuban immigrants and migrant workers, running a summer camp for African-American children, and reading about communism in Poland and Cuba. He graduated from St. John Vianney, in 1970 with an associate's degree.
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