Pope appoints Bishop Zubik of Green Bay to head Pittsburgh Diocese

Published: 2007-07-18

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI has named Bishop David A. Zubik of Green Bay, Wis., to head the Diocese of Pittsburgh, where he once was an auxiliary bishop. The appointment was announced in Washington July 18 by Msgr. Martin Krebs, charge d'affaires of the Vatican nunciature. Auxiliary Bishop Paul J. Bradley has been administrator of the Pittsburgh Diocese since June 2006. He was elected to the post after then-Bishop Donald W. Wuerl was installed to head the Washington Archdiocese. "I was truly honored to serve the wonderful people of Green Bay," Bishop Zubik said in a statement. "Green Bay became my new home. Now Pittsburgh is my home again," he said. "I love the church of Pittsburgh. I love being a part of the presbyterate of Pittsburgh once again. I love the people of Pittsburgh. It is a wonderful church -- very much alive in Christ." Bishop Zubik, born Sept. 4, 1949, in Sewickley, Pa., received an undergraduate degree at Duquesne University in 1971 and continued his studies at St. Mary Seminary and University in Baltimore, where he earned a degree in theology.

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