William Joseph Dendinger
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend William Joseph Dendinger |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Grand Island | |
Dendinger as the 13th Chief of Air Force Chaplains
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| Archdiocese | Omaha |
| Diocese | Grand Island |
| Appointed | October 14, 2004 |
| Installed | December 13, 2004 |
| Term ended | January 14, 2015 |
| Predecessor | Lawrence James McNamara |
| Successor | Joseph G. Hanefeldt |
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| Ordination | May 29, 1965 |
| Consecration | December 13, 2004 by Elden Francis Curtiss, Fabian Bruskewitz, and Lawrence James McNamara |
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| Born |
May 20, 1939 Coleridge, Nebraska |
| Motto | Justice with mercy |
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Styles of William Joseph Dendinger |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
William Joseph Dendinger (born May 20, 1939) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Appointed by Pope John Paul II, he served as the seventh Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska from December 13, 2004, until his resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on Wednesday, January 14, 2015.
William Dendinger was born in Coleridge, Nebraska, as the youngest of the six children of David and Regina Dendinger. Raised on a farm, he was a member of the first graduating class of Mount Michael High School in Elkhorn in 1957. Dendinger then studied at the Immaculate Conception Seminary in Conception, Missouri, whence he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy in 1961.
He furthered his studies at the Aquinas Institute in Dubuque, Iowa, earning his Master of Arts in theology in 1964. Dendinger was ordained to the priesthood on May 29, 1965, for the Archdiocese of Omaha.
He then taught at Petersburg and Elgin Catholic high schools until 1970, and obtained his Master of Science in counseling from Creighton University in 1969. Subsequently entering the military as a chaplain, Dendinger served as a base and cadet wing chaplain, member of the chaplain resource board for the United States Air Force Chaplain Institute, plans and programs officer in the Office of the Air Force Chief of Chaplain Service, and then Chief of the Air Force Chaplain Service for over the next thirty-one years. He retired in 2001 as a two-star general, and then served as pastor of St. Stephen the Martyr Church in Omaha until 2004.
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