RNS LEVADA VATICAN

William J. Levada, retired

  • Age: 76
  • Born: June 15, 1936 in Long Beach, Calif.
  • Education: St. John’s Seminary (Camarillo, Calif.), Pontifical North American College and Pontifical Gregorian University
  • Ordained a priest: 1961 in Rome
  • Posts held: auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles (1983-1986); archbishop of Portland, Ore. (1986-1995); archbishop of San Francisco (1995-2005); prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (2005-2012)
  • Elevated to cardinal: 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI

(Photo courtesy Archdiocese of San Francisco)

(RNS2-MAY13) Archbishop William Levada of San Francisco was named Friday (May 13) as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. See RNS-LEVADA-VATICAN, transmitted May 13, 2005. Photo courtesy Archdiocese of San Francisco.