Joseph A. Pepe

Styles of Joseph Anthony Pepe
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Joseph Anthony Pepe (born June 18, 1942) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He serves as the second and current Bishop of Las Vegas.

Biography

Joseph Pepe was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as one of the two children of Francis and Elvira (née Fazio) Pepe. He was baptized at St. Francis de Sales Church. After his graduation from Roman Catholic High School in 1960, he entered St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood and was ordained to the priesthood by John Cardinal Krol on May 16, 1970.

Pepe then served as an assistant pastor at Our Lady of Loreta Parish, teaching at Cardinal O'Hara High School in Springfield as well. In 1976, he obtained his doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicumin Rome. He was also named Defender of the Bond for the Metropolitan Tribunal that same year, and Prosynodal Judge in 1977. From 1982 to 1987, Pepe was professor of canon law at his alma mater of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. He was also made Vice-Chancellor (1987) and Chancellor (1990) of the archdiocese; during his tenure in the chancery, he served as Vice-Promoter for the cause of beatification of Katharine Drexel.

Pepe was raised to the rank of Honorary Prelate of His Holiness in May 1991, and then served briefly as pastor of St. Justin Martyr Parish in Narberth. Upon the special request of Archbishop Michael Sheehan, he was sent to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in 1993 to serve as Judicial Vicar. In April 1998, he became Chancellor, Moderator of the Curia, and Vicar for Priests of the archdiocese.

On April 6, 2001, Pepe was appointed the second Bishop of Las Vegas by Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated on the following May 31 by Archbishop William Levada, with Archbishop Sheehan and Bishop Joseph Galante serving as co-consecrators. Pepe is a member of the board of trustees of The Catholic University of America.

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• Diocese of Las Vegas

Diocese of Las Vegas
Ordinaries	Daniel F. Walsh Joseph A. Pepe
Churches	Cathedral Guardian Angel Cathedral
Education	High School Bishop Gorman High School, Las Vegas Grade School St. Viator School, Paradise
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Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Ordinaries	Bishops Michael Francis Egan, OFM Henry Conwell Francis Patrick Kenrick Saint John Nepomucene Neumann, CSsR Archbishops James Frederick Wood Patrick John Ryan Edmond Francis Prendergast Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty John Francis Cardinal O'Hara, CSC John Joseph Cardinal Krol Anthony Joseph Cardinal Bevilacqua Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Auxiliary Bishops, current Michael J. Fitzgerald John J. McIntyre Timothy C. Senior Auxiliary Bishops, former Cletus Joseph Benjamin Michael Francis Burbidge Joseph R. Cistone Michael Joseph Crane Edward Peter Cullen Louis A. DeSimone Francis James Furey John Joseph Graham Edward Hughes Hugh L. Lamb Martin Nicholas Lohmuller Robert P. Maginnis Joseph Francis Martino Joseph Carroll McCormick John Joseph McCort Gerald Vincent McDevitt Joseph P. McFadden Joseph Mark McShea Gerald Patrick O'Hara Francis B. Schulte Daniel Edward Thomas Thomas Jerome Welsh
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Parish churches Immaculate Conception Old St. Joseph Old St. Mary St. Adalbert St. Agatha and St. James St. Anne St. Augustine St. Basil the Great St. Cyprian St. Donato St. Francis de Sales St. Joachim St. Nicholas of Tolentine St. William Chapels and shrines National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa National Shrine of St. John Neumann
Education	Seminary St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Higher education Cabrini College Chestnut Hill College Gwynedd Mercy University Holy Family University Immaculata University La Salle University Neumann University Rosemont College Saint Joseph's University Villanova University High schools Academy of Notre Dame de Namur Archbishop John Carroll High School Archbishop Prendergast High School Archbishop Ryan High School Archbishop Wood Catholic High School Bishop McDevitt High School Bishop Shanahan High School Cardinal O'Hara High School Conwell-Egan Catholic High School Country Day School of the Sacred Heart Devon Preparatory School Father Judge High School Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School Holy Ghost Preparatory School John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School La Salle College High School Lansdale Catholic High School Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls Malvern Preparatory School Mercy Career & Technical High School Merion Mercy Academy Monsignor Bonner High School Mount Saint Joseph Academy Nazareth Academy High School Pope John Paul II High School Roman Catholic High School for Boys Saint Basil Academy Saint Joseph's Preparatory School Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti Catholic High School, St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls Villa Joseph Marie High School Villa Maria Academy
Priests	Living Edward Joseph Adams Herbert Bevard Michael Joseph Bransfield Francis Xavier DiLorenzo Joseph Anthony Galante James Patrick Green Joseph A. Pepe Nelson J. Perez Deceased Francis Brennan Edwin Byrne George Aloysius Carrell, SJ Hubert James Cartwright Joseph M. Corrigan Joseph Thomas Daley Edmond John Fitzmaurice John Edmund Fitzmaurice John Patrick Foley Francis Xavier Gartland Daniel James Gercke Ignatius Frederick Horstmann John Joseph Hughes Francis Edward Hyland Thomas Francis Kennedy Philip R. McDevitt Thomas Joseph McDonough Thomas McGovern Eugene J. McGuinness William Matthews John Joseph O'Connor William O'Hara Jeremiah F. Shanahan John W. Shanahan David B. Thompson
Miscellany	Archdiocesan Boy Choir St. Francesca Xavier Cabrini, M.S.C. Catholic League The Catholic Standard & Times St. Katharine Drexel, S.B.S. Sexual abuse scandal
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