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Thomas Wenski

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Thomas Gerard Wenski
Archbishop of Miami
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Archdiocese Miami
Appointed April 20, 2010
Installed June 1, 2010
Predecessor John Clement Favalora
Orders
Ordination May 15, 1976
by Coleman Carroll
Consecration September 3, 1997
by John Favalora, Edward A. McCarthy, and Agustin Roman
Personal details
Birth name Thomas Gerard Wenski
Born (1950-10-18) October 18, 1950 (age 66)
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
Styles of
Thomas Gerard Wenski
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Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Archbishop

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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