Career
Born in Mobile, Alabama, Houck was ordained a priest on May 19, 1951, for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile. On March 28, 1979, he was named auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Jackson and titular bishop of Alexanum. Houck was appointed bishop of the Jackson Diocese on April 11, 1984, and was installed on June 5, 1984.
On January 3, 2003, Bishop Houck retired.
Houck died March 9, 2016, at Saint Dominic"s Hospital of complications following heart surgery.