Background
Weakland, Rembert George was born on April 2, 1927 in Patton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Basil and Mary (Kane) Weakland.
Weakland, Rembert George was born on April 2, 1927 in Patton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Basil and Mary (Kane) Weakland.
AB, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 1948. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 1963. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 1987.
Master of Science in Piano, Juilliard School Music, 1954. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1954—1956. Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology, Columbia University, 2000.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Duquesne University, 1964. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Belmont College, 1964. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Catholic University America, 1975.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Xavier University, Cincinnati, 1988. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), DePaul University, 1989. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Loyola University, New Orleans, 1991.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Villanova University, 1992. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Dayton University, 1993. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Marian College, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1995.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), St. Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1996. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin, 1996. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University San Francisco, 1997.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Scholastica College, 1998. HHD (honorary), St. Ambrose University, Davenport, 1990. HHD (honorary), Aquinas Institute Theology, St. Louis, 1991.
HHD (honorary), St Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1994. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Cardinal Stritch College, Milwaukee, 1978. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Marquette University, 1981.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Loyola University, Chicago, 1986. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Notre Dame, 1987. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, 1989.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), John Carroll University, Cleveland, 1992. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Fairfield University, 1994. Doctor of Sacred Music (honorary), St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Indiana, 1979.
Department of Science and Technology of Sacred Music (honorary), Jesuit School Theology, Berkeley, California, 1989. Department of Science and Technology (honorary), St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1991. Department of Science and Technology (honorary), Santa Clara University, 1991.
Department of Science and Technology (honorary), Yale University, 1993. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Lakeland College, Sheboygan, 1991. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, Illinois, 1992.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Regis College, Toronto, 1993. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Trinity College, Hartford, 1996. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio, 1998.
Doctor of Ministry (honorary), Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, 1999.
Professed Order of St. Benedict, 1946, ordained priest, 1951. Faculty music department St. Vincent College, 1957—1963, chairman, 1961—1963, chancellor chairman of board of College, 1963—1967. Coadjutor archabbot St. Vincent Archabbey, 1963—1967.
Abbot primate Benedictine Confederation, 1967—1977. Ordained bishop, 1977. Archbishop Archdiocese of Milwaukee, 1997—2002, archbishop emeritus, since 2002.
Member of Church Music Association American (president 1964-1966), American Guild Organists.