Archbishop Thomas Wenski

A native of Lake Worth and parishioner of Sacred Heart Church there, Archbishop Wenski entered St. John Vianney (then a high school seminary) in ninth grade and completed his studies at St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach 12 years later

He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Miami in 1976 and served at Corpus Christi Parish in Miami until 1979; from 1979 to 1997, he served at Notre Dame d'Haiti and ministered to Haitians throughout south Florida

He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Miami in 1997, and coadjutor bishop of Orlando in 2003

He served as bishop of Orlando from 2004 until June 1, 2010, when he was installed as Miami's fourth archbishop

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