{"id":412254,"date":"2017-05-29T05:59:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T10:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/?p=412254"},"modified":"2017-05-29T14:16:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T19:16:04","slug":"congrats-bishop-elect-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/congrats-bishop-elect-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Congrats Bishop-Elect Bill!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 607px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bishop-Elect Bill Wack, CSC\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atxcatholic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_20170529_055856.jpg?resize=597%2C797\" alt=\"Bishop-Elect Bill Wack holding Ana &amp; Dorothy Kraft after their baptism.\" width=\"597\" height=\"797\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishop-Elect Bill with Ana and Dorothy Kraft after their baptism.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Fr. Bill Wack, CSC, Pastor of St. Ignatius, Martyr parish off South Congress, has been named as the sixth bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee. Yes, all the way in Florida.<\/p>\n<p><del>Fr<\/del>. Bishop-Elect Bill had been pastor since 2009 and had served on the Diocesan Catholic School Board, Vice President of the Presbyteral Council, and Dean of the Austin Central Deanery.<\/p>\n<p>Though born in South Bend and a Domer through and through, I&#8217;m okay giving him Honorary Texan status.<\/p>\n<p>May God bless him and his ministry in Florida and may God bless the new pastor of St. Ignatius and those in his past ministries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fr. Bill Wack, CSC, Pastor of St. Ignatius, Martyr, has been named as the sixth bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,565,92],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-412254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blog","7":"category-events-blog","8":"category-news","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24138,"url":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/75-year-of-faith-st-ignatius-martyr-catholic-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":412254,"position":0},"title":"75 Year of Faith: St.Ignatius Martyr Catholic Church","author":"Rita Suva","date":"October 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"From simple beginnings, through tremendous growth, with a focus on educating the minds and hearts of Catholics and with a passion for serving, St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic Parish has been through quite a bit in its 75 years as a Catholic faith community. 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