The Most Reverend Vernon Weisgerber |
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Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg | |
Archdiocese | Winnipeg |
Installed | August 24, 2000 |
Term ended | October 28, 2013 |
Predecessor | Leonard James Wall |
Successor | Richard Gagnon |
Other posts | Bishop of Saskatoon (1996–2000) |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 1, 1963 |
Consecration | May 3, 1996 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Vibank, Saskatchewan, Canada |
May 1, 1938
Vernon James Weisgerber OC SOM (born May 1, 1938) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the retired sixth Archbishop of Winnipeg, serving from August 2000 until October 2013.
Weisgerber was born in Vibank, Saskatchewan, to Jack and Catherine Weisgerber. Following his schooling at Vibank, he attended St. Peter's College at Muenster and then St. Paul's University in Ottawa, where he obtained licence degrees in Philosophy and Theology.
He was ordained a priest at Holy Rosary Cathedral in Regina on June 1, 1963, and named a Prelate of Honour on October 16, 1991.
Weisgerber was Dean of Arts at Notre Dame College in Wilcox, where he taught philosophy, religious studies, and French. He worked several years in the Archbishop of Regina's office serving as the director of the pastoral and social justice offices. He served as Rector of Holy Rosary Cathedral and Pastor of Holy Trinity Parish, both in Regina, as well as Our Lady of Sorrows Parish at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009) in Fort Qu'Appelle, which included pastoral ministry with neighboring aboriginal communities.