{{Short description|Canadian Catholic bishop and theologian}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | name = Gerald Wiesner | birth_name = Gerald William Wiesner | honorific_suffix = OMI | title = Bishop Emeritus of Prince George | church = Catholic Church | diocese = Diocese of Prince George | term = 6 October 1992 – 3 January 2013 | predecessor = Hubert O'Connor | successor = Stephen Jensen | ordination = 23 February 1963 | consecration = 22 February 1993 | consecrated_by = Adam Exner | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|6|25}} | birth_place = Denzil, Saskatchewan, Canada }}
'''Gerald William Wiesner''' {{post-nominals|list=OMI}} (born June 25, 1937) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was ordained bishop of the Diocese of Prince George on February 22, 1993 and retired on January 3, 2013. Stephen Arthur Jensen succeeded him as the new bishop of Prince George.<ref name="wiesnerhierarchy">{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bwiesner.html|title=Bishop Gerald William Wiesner [Catholic-Hierarchy]|website=Catholic-hierarchy.org|accessdate=18 January 2019|archive-date=9 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909222131/http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bwiesner.html|url-status=live}} [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]</ref>
== Ordination == Wiesner was ordained a priest in 1963. He taught at Newman Theological College in Edmonton and was named Provincial Superior of the Oblates of St. Mary's Province in Saskatoon in 1984.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bishop Emeritus Gerald Wiesner, O.M.I. |url=https://www.pgdiocese.bc.ca/about-us/bishop/ |publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince George |accessdate=7 November 2020 |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028210423/https://www.pgdiocese.bc.ca/about-us/bishop/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was ordained Bishop of Prince George on Feb 22, 1993 and served as President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops from 1999 to 2001 and a member of its Permanent Council from 1995 to 2001.<ref name="cccb">{{cite web|url=http://www.cccb.ca/site/eng/media-room/3498-appointment-of-new-bishop-for-prince-george|title=Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops - Appointment of new Bishop for Prince George|website=Cccb.ca|accessdate=18 January 2019|archive-date=19 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174333/http://www.cccb.ca/site/eng/media-room/3498-appointment-of-new-bishop-for-prince-george|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Diocese of Prince George == Wiesner served as the bishop of Prince George for 20 years. He initiated opportunities for adult faith development, oversaw the reorganization of the diocese and resolved its debt. On Jan 3, 2013, he retired from his post.<ref name="wcr">{{cite web|url=http://www.wcr.ab.ca/This-Week/Stories/entryid/3518/Wiesner-returns-home-to-Sask-|title=Wiesner returns home to Sask.|website=Wcr.ab.ca|accessdate=18 January 2019}}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
== Post-episcopal life == Although he is now retired, Wiesner remains active in teaching and traveling.<ref name="wcr" />
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