George Stack KC*HS CStJ (born 9 May 1946) is a

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of the

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. He was installed as the seventh

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on 20 June 2011 and retired on 20 June 2022.

Biography

George Stack was born in Cork,

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, on 9 May 1946. He attended school in Highgate, London, before entering

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at St. Edmund's College, Ware, in 1966. He was ordained deacon in 1971 and completed his seminary training in 1972, being ordained priest on 21 May 1972 by Bishop Victor Guazzelli, an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Westminster.Archdiocese of Westminster
Profile of Bishop George Stack
24 February 2006 Following ordination, Father Stack was appointed

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at St Joseph's, parish,

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. Between 1974 and 1977, Stack pursued a

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degree at St Mary's University College, Twickenham. He then became curate at St Paul's,

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, and in 1983 was appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady, Help of Christians in

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.Catholic Province of Wales, Cardiff & Herefordshire, 2012 Yearbook, page 27. In 1990 he was appointed

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for Clergy, a post based at Archbishop's House in

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. He became Administrator of

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in 1993,Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
Profile of Bishop George Stack
''consulted'' 22 April 2011 and was granted the title

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. In 2001, Monsignor Stack was consecrated an

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for the Archdiocese of Westminster, by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor. In 2006, he was responsible for the pastoral care of deaneries in

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and for Westminster's Diocesan Department for Education and Formation. On 19 April 2011, Bishop Stack was namedCatholic Communications Network
Pope Benedict Appoints Right Reverend George Stack as new Archbishop of Cardiff
19 April 2011 as the 7th

. He was installedArchdiocese of Westminster
Archbishop George Stack installed as Archbishop of Cardiff
20 June 2011 as archbishop on 20 June 2011, and received the

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in Rome from

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on 29 June 2011.Catholic Herald
Archbishop George Stack of Cardiff receives pallium
6 July 2011 In June 2022, Stack was succeeded by Mark O'Toole as Archbishop of Cardiff.

Positions held

At some unspecified time between 1993 and 2001, while Administrator of Westminster Cathedral, he was appointed one of the first Ecumenical Canons at

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. In 2006, Bishop Stack was identified as holding appointments as Chair of Governors at St Mary's University College, Twickenham; a Governor at

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in the

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; and a member of the board of the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth, London. In 2011 Bishop Stack was listed as a member of the Department for Education and Formation of the

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, serving as the Chairman of the Committee for Ministerial Formation and Chairman of the National Office for Vocations. The 2012 Provincial Yearbook confirms the latter two roles and also identifies Archbishop Stack as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, and an Ecclesiastical Knight Grand Cross of Grace of the Constantinian Order of St George. Archbishop Stack is the Sub-Prior of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St George within the Delegation of Great Britain and Ireland. , Stack was the 'member bishop' representing England and Wales on ICEL (International Commission on English in the Liturgy). He is a Vice President of the

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