{{Short description|American prelate}} {{about|American bishop|Canadian politician|William Houck}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = | honorific_prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend | name = William Russell Houck | honorific_suffix = | title = Bishop of Jackson<br />Titular Bishop of Alexanum | image = | image_size = | caption = | church = Roman Catholic Church | archdiocese = | diocese = Jackson | see = | elected = <!-- or | appointed = --> | term = 1984 to 2003 | predecessor = Joseph Bernard Brunini | successor = Joseph Nunzio Latino | other_post = <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = May 19, 1951 | ordained_by = Thomas Joseph Toolen | consecration = May 27, 1979. | consecrated_by = Pope John Paul II | birth_date = July 26, 1926 | birth_place = Mobile, Alabama, US | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|03|09|1926|07|26}} | death_place = Jackson, Mississippi, US | buried = <!-- or | tomb = --> | nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | religion = | parents = | education = | motto = Proclaim Jesus is Lord | signature = | coat_of_arms = | previous_post = Auxiliary Bishop of Jackson (1979 to 1984) }}
{{Infobox bishopstyles | name= William Russell Houck | dipstyle= *His Excellency *The Most Reverend | offstyle=Your Excellency | relstyle=Bishop | image = Coat of arms of William Russell Houck.svg | image_size = 200px }} '''William Russell Houck''' (July 26, 1926 – March 9, 2016) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Jackson from 1984 to 2003 in the U.S. in Jackson, Mississippi. He was previously an auxiliary bishop there from 1979 to 1984.
==Biography==
=== Early life === William Houck was born in Mobile, Alabama, on July 26, 1926. He was ordained a priest by Archbishop Thomas Toolen in Mobile on May 19, 1951, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for the Archdiocese of Mobile.<ref name=":0" />
=== Auxiliary Bishop and Bishop of Jackson === On March 28, 1979, Houck was named auxiliary bishop of Jackson and titular bishop of Alexanum by Pope John Paul II<ref name=":0" /> Houck was consecrated by the pope in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on May 27, 1979. Houck was appointed bishop of Jackson on April 11, 1984, by John Paul II and installed on June 5, 1984.<ref name=":0" />
=== Retirement and death === On January 3, 2003, John Paul II accepted Houck's resignation as bishop of Jackson.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhouck.html|title=Bishop William Russell Houck|website=catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=2019-02-03}}</ref> William Houck died on March 9, 2016, at St. Dominic's Hospital in Jackson of complications following cardiac surgery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wapt.com/article/former-catholic-bishop-william-houck-dies/2097429|title=Former Catholic bishop William Houck dies|date=March 9, 2016|website=WAPT|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928165453/https://www.wapt.com/article/former-catholic-bishop-william-houck-dies/2097429|archive-date=September 28, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2019-02-03}}</ref>
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==Episcopal succession== {{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box | before= Joseph Bernard Brunini | title=Bishop of Jackson | years=1984–2003 | after=Joseph Nunzio Latino }} {{succession box | before=– | title=Auxiliary Bishop of Jackson | years=1979–1984 | after=– }} {{s-end}} {{Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile|state=collapsed}} {{Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson|state=collapsed}} {{authority control}}
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