Joseph LeSage Tisch, American social work executive, bishop. Member National Association Social Workers (chairman Center East Coast unit Florida chapter), United States Conference City Human Service Officials (national trustee), Theosophical Society, Theosophical Order of Service (director social service department).; Lodge: Kiwanis.
Background
Tisch, Joseph LeSage was born on September 3, 1933 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Son of Joseph Francis and Deborah Theresa (LeSage) T. Bachelor in History, Notre Dame University, New Orleans, 1956, Master of Arts in History, 1958.
Education
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Addison State University of Canberra, 1979.
Career
Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1960. Assistant pastor, Newman Club chaplain, director rural mission, Woodworth, Louisiana, 1960-1963. Principal St. Joseph High School, Plaucheville, Louisiana, 1963-1967.
Social worker Florida State Welfare Board, 1968-1970. Assistant executive director Brevard County Community Action Agency, Inc., 1970-1973. Director City of Melbourne (Florida) Human Services Department, since 1973.
Rector St. Pierre Liberal Catholic Church. Vicar commissary for Florida. Secretary, treasurer Provincial Clerical Synod, 1978-1986.
Consecrated bishop Liberal Catholic Church, 1987. Chairman, City of Cape Canaveral Recreation Board, 1968-1974, Youth Education Commission Author: French in Louisiana, 1959, The Big Step, 1963, Adam Before Eve, 1984. Editor: The Evolving Universe, since 1979, Catholic Critiques, since 1973, The Voice of the Synod, 1980-1986, Ubique, since 1986.
Named Humanist of Year Space Coast chapter American Humanist Association, 1974.
Membership
Member National Association Social Workers (chairman Center East Coast unit Florida chapter), United States Conference City Human Service Officials (national trustee), Theosophical Society, Theosophical Order of Service (director social service department). Lodge: Kiwanis.