Background
Levada, William Joseph Cardinal was born on June 15, 1936 in Long Beach, California, United States. Son of Joseph and Lorraine (Nunez) Levada.
Levada, William Joseph Cardinal was born on June 15, 1936 in Long Beach, California, United States. Son of Joseph and Lorraine (Nunez) Levada.
Bachelor, St. John's College, Camarillo, California, 1958. Licentiate of Sacred Theology, Gregorian University, Rome, 1962. STD, Gregorian University, Rome, 1971.
Ordained priest Archdiocese of Los Angeles, 1961, associate pastor, 1962—1967, auxiliary Bishop, 1983—1986, chancellor, moderator of curia, 1986. Professor theology St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California, 1970—1976. Executive director California Catholic Conference of Bishops, Sacramento, 1982—1984.
Ordained bishop, 1983. Episcopal vicar Santa Barbara County, 1984—1986. Archbishop Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, 1986—1995.
Coadjutor archbishop Archdiocese of San Francisco, 1995, archbishop, 1995—2005. Apostolic administrator Diocese of Santa Rosa, 1999—2000. Archbishop emeritus Archdiocese of San Francisco, 2005.
Prefect Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Rome, since 2005. Elevated to cardinal, 2006. Cardinal-deacon S. Maria in Dominica, since 2006.
President Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, Rome, since 2009. Member editorial committee Commission for the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1986—1993. Official Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1976—1982, member, since 2000.
Co-chair Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue in the United States, 2000. President International Theological Communications, since 2005, Pontifical Biblical Communications, since 2005.
Trustee Catholic U. American. Chairman, Board Of Directors Pope John XXIII Medical-Moral Research and Education Center. Member National Conference Catholic Bishops (commission on doctrine), United States Catholic Conference, Catholic Theological Society American, Canon Law Society American.
