William Fey
Bishop William Regis Fey,
Roman Catholic
prelate.
Biography
Fey was born in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, on November 6, 1942. He made his first vows in the Capuchin order on July 14, 1963, and the perpetual vows on July 14, 1966. Fey was ordained a priest
on October 19, 1968.
His superiors at the St. Augustine Province of the Capuchins sent him to
Kimbe, Papua New Guinea, on June 8, 2010, and was ordained bishop on October 10 of that year.[1][2] He made an Ad Limina visit to Pope Benedict XVI
in Rome in June 2012.
He was working towards building a
catechetical training center in his diocese, and he had been requested by the provincial government in New Britain to work with them on establishing a teacher's college. He and Cardinal Sean O'Malley, OFMCap, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts and Bishop Donald Francis Lippert
, OFMCap, all began their religious lives with the St Augustine Province of Capuchins based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Fey died from COVID-19 in Pittsburgh, on January 19, 2021, at the age of 78, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Br. William Fey appointed Bishop of Kimbe". Db.ofmcap.org. Retrieved August 25, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Bishop William Fey Ordination - Part 1". YouTube. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
- ^ "Bishop William R. Fey, O.F.M. Cap". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ^ Biskupi z Ugandy i Papui-Nowej Gwinei ofiarami COVID-19 (in Polish)
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