17 Facts About William Weigand

William Keith Weigand was born on May 23,1937 and is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

William Weigand served as bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento in California from 1993 to 2008.

William Weigand was born on May 23,1937, in Bend, Oregon, one of four sons of Harold and Alice William Weigand.

When William Weigand was age 12, the family moved to St Maries, Idaho.

William Weigand attended St Maries Academy in Cottonwood, Idaho, a school run by the Benedictine Sisters.

In 1959, William Weigand graduated from St Edward Seminary in Kenmore, Washington, with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy.

William Weigand then attended St Thomas Seminary in Denver, finishing in 1963 with a Master of Divinity degree.

On May 25,1963, Weigand was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Boise by Bishop Sylvester W Treinen at St Mary Immaculate Church in St Maries, Idaho.

However, in 1964, Treinen asked William Weigand to serve as vice chancellor of the diocese in Boise.

William Weigand served as a parochial vicar in several parishes in the diocese, and as the administrator of several missions.

William Weigand served from 1964 to 1968 as the chancellor and vice-officialis of the diocese, and was a member of the diocesan council of presbyters.

In 1968, William Weigand moved to Cali, Colombia, to work at a mission run by the Diocese of Boise.

William Weigand was consecrated on November 17,1980, by Archbishop John R Quinn, Bishop Sylvester Treinen and Bishop Joseph Federal at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

William Weigand led a $9.7 million restoration of the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City from 1991 to 1993.

William Weigand was installed January 27,1994, at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento, California.

In 1996, William Weigand celebrated the funeral mass of former Governor Pat Brown.

In 2008, William Weigand submitted a letter of resignation as bishop of Sacramento to Pope Benedict XVI due to health issues.