Paul Albert Zipfel

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Paul Albert Zipfel
Bishop Emeritus of Bismarck
Bishop Paul Zipfel in 2010
Archdiocese Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Diocese Bismarck
Appointed December 31, 1996
Installed February 20, 1997
Term ended October 19, 2011
Predecessor John Francis Kinney
Successor David Kagan
Orders
Ordination March 18, 1961
Consecration June 29, 1989
by John L. May, Edward Joseph O'Donnell, and J. Terry Steib
Personal details
Born (1935-09-22) September 22, 1935
St. Louis, Missouri
Previous post Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis
Styles of
Paul Albert Zipfel
Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Paul Albert Zipfel (born September 22, 1935) is a retired American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the sixth Bishop of Bismarck.[1]

Biography

Paul Zipfel was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Albert and Leona (née Rau) Zipfel. He has two older siblings; Ralph and Marion. He attended St. Michael's elementary school from 1940–49, and afterwards entered the St. Louis Preparatory Seminary. After studying at Kenrick Seminary (1955–1957) and the Catholic University of America (1957–1961), Zipfel was ordained to the priesthood on March 18, 1961.[1]

He then obtained his licentiate in Sacred Theology during the following June, and completed his graduate studies at St. Louis University from 1963 to 1965, there earning his Master's in Education. From 1961 to 1989, Zipfel did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of St. Louis, serving as an associate pastor, pastor, teacher and administrator at various schools and parishes. To this day, he is still revered and loved by many of the former students of Holy Family Catholic School is South St. Louis.

On May 16, 1989, Zipfel was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis and Titular Bishop of Walla Walla by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following June 29 from Archbishop John May, with Bishops O'Donnell SVD and Steib SVD serving as co-consecrators.

Zipfel was named the sixth Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, on December 31, 1996, being formally installed on February 20, 1997.

Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, he sat on the Administrative Committee and the Priestly Life and Ministry Committee. His resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Bismarck was accepted on October 19, 2011, and he was succeeded by David Kagan. In retirement, Bishop Zipfel took up residence in Saint Joseph's Hall at the University of Mary, where he provided sacramental and spiritual service to students. Within a year of retirement, Zipfel was diagnosed with dementia. His family, along with the Diocese of Bismark, decided to move him back to St. Louis to be closer to his family so he could be properly cared for. Currently, Bishop Zipfel lives at [Mother of Good Counsel Home] in Normandy, Missouri.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Bishop Paul Albert Zipfel [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2015-10-27.

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
John Francis Kinney		 Bishop of Bismarck
1996–2011		 Succeeded by
David Kagan
Preceded by
–		 Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis
1989–1996		 Succeeded by
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