William Joseph Cardinal Levada
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His Eminence William Joseph Levada |
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| Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco |
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William Levada
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| Appointed | May 13, 2005 |
| Term ended | July 2, 2012 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) |
| Successor | Gerhard Ludwig Müller |
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| Ordination | December 20, 1961 by Martin John O’Connor |
| Consecration | May 12, 1983 by Timothy Manning, John Ward, and Juan Alfredo Arzube |
| Created Cardinal | March 24, 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest ("pro hac vice") |
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June 15, 1936 Long Beach, California, United States of America |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Fratres in Unum |
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Styles of William Joseph Levada |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | San Francisco (Emeritus) |
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Ordination history of William Levada |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Consecrated by | Timothy Card. Manning (LA) |
| Date of consecration | May 23, 1983 |
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Bishops consecrated by William Levada as principal consecrator
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| Tod David Brown | April 3, 1989 |
| Alexander Joseph Brunett | July 6, 1994 |
| John Charles Wester | September 18, 1998 |
| Joseph A. Pepe | May 31, 2001 |
| Ignatius Chung Wang | January 30, 2003 |
| Clarence Richard Silva | July 21, 2005 |
| Joseph Augustine Di Noia OP | July 11, 2009 |
William Joseph Levada (born June 15, 1936) is an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. From May 2005 until June 2012, he served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith under Pope Benedict XVI; he was the highest ranking American in the Roman Curia. He was previously the Archbishop of Portland (Oregon) from 1986 to 1995, and then Archbishop of San Francisco from 1995 to 2005.
His has received criticism for covering-up sexual abuse by priests in his care while in Portland and in San Francisco.
Levada was elevated to the cardinalate in 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI as the Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Dominca while Pope Francis elevated him to the rank of Cardinal-Priest ("pro hac vice") on 20 June 2016.
William Joseph Levada was born in Long Beach, California, to Joseph and Lorraine (née Nunez) Levada, both natives of Concord, California. His older sister, Dolores, died on May 21, 2007.
His great-grandparents came from Portugal and Ireland, and emigrated to the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1860s. He grew up in Long Beach and Houston, Texas, attended St. Anthony High School Long Beach and then St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. At St. Anthony High School, his classmate was George Hugh Niederauer, later his successor as archbishop of San Francisco.
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