What is Joseph Fiorenza?
[[File:Archbishop Fiorenza addresses Hurricane Katrina evacuees in the Houston Astrodome.jpg|thumb|Joseph Fiorenza (2005)]] '''Joseph Anthony Fiorenza''' (January 25, 1931 &ndash; September 19, 2022<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 19, 2022|title=‘Tireless social justice advocate’: Archbishop Emeritus Joseph A. Fiorenza, longtime bishop of Galveston-Houston, dies at 91|url=https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/09/19/tireless-social-justice-advocate-archbishop-emeritus-joseph-a-fiorenza-long-time-bishop-of-galveston-houston-dies-at-91/|website=KPRC}}</ref>) was an [[Americans|American]] [[prelate]] of the [[Catholic Church]]. He was the seventh [[Ordinary (Catholic Church)|Bishop]] and the first [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston|Archbishop of Galveston-Houston]] from 1985 to 2006. He was [[Roman Catholic Diocese of San Angelo|Bishop of San Angelo]] from 1979 to 1984. He was born in [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]], [[Texas]].<ref name=vitae>{{cite news|work=[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston]]|title=Curriculum Vitae|url=http://www.archgh.org/about/Archbishop-Emeritus-Fiorenza/CV|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223232014/http://www.archgh.org/about/Archbishop-Emeritus-Fiorenza/CV|archive-date=2013-02-23}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fiorenza, Joseph}} [[Category:People from Beaumont, Texas]] [[Category:People from San Angelo, Texas]] [[Category:American Roman Catholic archbishops]] [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] {{US-bio-stub}}