William J. Justice
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend William Joseph Justice |
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| Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco & Vicar for Clergy Titular Bishop of Mathara in Proconsulari |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Appointed | April 10, 2008 |
| Installed | May 28, 2008 |
| Predecessor | John Charles Wester |
| Other posts | Titular Bishop of Mathara in Proconsulari |
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| Ordination | May 17, 1968 by Joseph Thomas McGucken |
| Consecration | May 28, 2008 by George Hugh Niederauer, John Charles Wester, and Randolph Roque Calvo |
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| Born |
May 8, 1942 Lawrence, Massachusetts |
| Motto | GOD'S MERCY ENDURES FOREVER |
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Styles of William Joseph Justice |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
William Joseph Justice, (born 8 May 1942) is an American Roman Catholic Bishop. On 10 April 2008 it was announced that Pope Benedict XVI appointed Justice as the Auxiliary Bishop to serve the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
William J. Justice was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on May 8, 1942. His family moved to San Mateo, California in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1946. He attended St. Matthew Elementary in San Mateo (1948–51) and graduated from St. Gregory Elementary in San Mateo (1956). He then graduated from Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo (1960).
Justice entered the seminary, first at St. Joseph College, Mountain View, California in 1962 and later St. Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park where he earned a Master of Divinity degree in 1968. He then went to earn a Master of Applied Spirituality degree from the University of San Francisco in 1980. Fluent in Spanish, Bishop - elect Justice studied the language during the summer of 1969 at Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He took additional instruction at the Intensive Spanish Language Program at Cuernavaca, Morelia, Mexico during the summer of 1971.
Justice was first ordained as a priest for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1968 in San Francisco. He was ordained on May 17, 1968 by Archbishop Joseph McGucken, shortly after graduating from St. Patrick Seminary. His first parish assignment shortly after ordination was as parochial vicar at St. John the Evangelist, San Francisco (1968–70). He has also been parochial vicar at All Souls Parish, South San Francisco (1970–76) and St. Paul Parish, San Francisco ( 1976–79 ). Bishop - elect Justice was Pastor of St. Peter Parish (1985–91), All Souls Parish (1991–2003), and Mission Dolores Basilica Parish (2003–2007).
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