Background
Houck, William Russell was born on June 26, 1926 in Mobile, Alabama, United States.
Houck, William Russell was born on June 26, 1926 in Mobile, Alabama, United States.
Attended, St. Mary's Seminary College. Licentiate of Sacred Theology, St. Mary's University, Baltimore, 1951. Master of Arts, Catholic University of America, 1954.
Ordained priest Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama, 1951. Ordained bishop, 1979. Auxiliary bishop Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi, 1979—1984, bishop, 1984—2003, bishop emeritus, since 2003.