William Weigand

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William Keith Weigand (b. May 23, 1937) is an American Roman Catholic bishop, currently serving as the eighth Bishop of Sacramento in the U.S. state of California. He previously served as the seventh Bishop of Salt Lake City and as a priest in the Diocese of Boise.^[1]

Weigand was born in Bend, Oregon, one of four sons of Harold and Alice Weigand. One of his brothers, Francis, is a monk in the Order of St. Benedict. He graduated from St. Edward’s Seminary in Kenmore, Washington, in 1959 with a bachelor's degree in philosophy, and from St. Thomas Seminary in Kenmore in 1963 with a Master of Divinity degree. He was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Boise by Bishop Sylvester W. Treinen on May 25, 1963. He served as a parochial vicar in several parishes in the diocese, and as the administrator of several mission. He served from 1964–1968 as the chancellor and vice-officialis of the diocese, and was a member of the diocesan council of presbyters. In 1968, he moved to Cali, Colombia, as a missionary. He returned to Idaho in 1978 to serve as pastor of St. Hubert's Parish in Homedale, Idaho.^[2]

On September 3, 1980, he was appointed the Bishop of Salt Lake City by Pope John Paul II. He was ordained a bishop on November 17;^[2] his principal consecrator was Archbishop John R. Quinn of San Francisco, and his principal co-consecrators were Bishops Sylvester Treinen of Boise and Joseph Federal of Salt Lake City.^[1] Bishop Weigand led a $9.7 million restoration of the Cathedral of the Madeleine from 1991–1993, to bring the cathedral into compliance with liturgical changes brought about after the Second Vatican Council, and to repair and clean the more than eighty year old structure.^[3]