2/6/2012
The Salina Journal
Monsignor Edward J. Weisenburger of Oklahoma City, Okla., has been named the new bishop of the Diocese of Salina, according to a news release from the diocese.
Bishop-elect Weisenburger, 51, presently is the vicar general of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the rector of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral in Oklahoma City. He succeeds Bishop Paul S. Coakley, who was named archbishop of Oklahoma City in  2010. The date for the Weisenburger's ordination and installation will be announced later.
Weisenburger was ordained a priest in 1987 and was parochial vicar of St. Mary Church in Ponca City, Okla., from 1987 to 1990. He then began canon law studies at the University of St. Paul in Ottawa, Canada, where he earned the pontifical J.C.L. degree.  
Weisenburger has served as pastor of two parishes, from 1995 to 2002 at Holy Trinity Parish in Okarche, Okla., and from 2002 until now as rector of the cathedral in Oklahoma City. 
He was born on Dec. 23, 1960, in Alton, Ill. His father, now retired, was a military officer, and his mother, who was born and raised in Ellis County, Kan., was a homemaker. He spent two years of his childhood in Hays but grew up primarily in Lawton, Okla., where he graduated from high school in 1979.
His mother died on March 22, 1998. His father resides in Oklahoma City.



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