William S. Skylstad
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend William Stephen Skylstad |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Spokane | |
| Archdiocese | Seattle |
| Diocese | Spokane |
| Appointed | April 17, 1990 |
| Installed | April 27, 1990 |
| Term ended | June 30, 2010 |
| Predecessor | Lawrence Harold Welsh |
| Successor | Blase J. Cupich |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 21, 1960 |
| Consecration | May 12, 1977 by Raymond Hunthausen, Bernard Joseph Topel, and Bernard Francis Law |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 2, 1934 Methow, Washington |
| Previous post | Bishop of Yakima |
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Styles of William Stephen Skylstad |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
William Stephen Skylstad (born March 2, 1934 in Omak (Methow) in Okanogan County, Washington) is an American Roman Catholic Bishop. He is Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane in Washington retiring June 30, 2010. He is a former President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), having served after Archbishop Wilton Daniel Gregory of Atlanta, Georgia and before Cardinal Francis Eugene George, O.M.I., of Chicago, Illinois. Bishop Skylstad was appointed Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baker, in Oregon, effective January 24, 2011, upon the appointment of Bishop Robert F. Vasa as Coadjutor Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California.
The oldest of six children, William Skylstad was born in the Okanogan County town of Omak, delivered on a table in the garage. His father was an apple farmer and Norwegian immigrant. He grew up at a farm in the settlement of Skylstad, east of Ålesund in the fjord country of Norway. He was a Lutheran, but the mother (Reneldes Elizabeth Danzl-Skylstad) was a devout Catholic from Minnesota.
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