Anthony Edward Pevec is a bishop

Bishop

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 of the Catholic Church in the United States

United States

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. He served as an auxiliary bishop

Auxiliary bishop

An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office...

 of the Diocese of Cleveland

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland is a Roman Catholic diocese in Ohio. It was erected on April 23, 1847 by Pope Pius IX. The diocese lost territory in 1910 when the Diocese of Toledo was erected by Pope Pius X, and in 1943 when the Diocese of Youngstown was erected by Pope Pius XII...

 in the state of Ohio

Ohio

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 from 1982-2001.

Biography

Pevec was born in Cleveland, and is a graduate of St. Mary's Seminary in Cleveland and John Carroll University

John Carroll University

John Carroll University is a private, co-educational Jesuit Catholic university in University Heights, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cleveland. The university was founded in 1886 by the Society of Jesus as Saint Ignatius College.The university was founded in 1886 by the Society of Jesus, as...

. He holds a doctorate degree. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Cleveland on April 29, 1950. On April 13, 1982 Pope John Paul II named him Titular Bishop

Titular bishop

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 of Mercia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland. He was ordained a bishop by Bishop Anthony Michael Pilla of Cleveland on July 2, 1982. The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Joseph Bernadin of Cincinnati

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati

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 and Bishop William Michael Cosgrove

William Michael Cosgrove

William Michael Cosgrove was an American Roman Catholic clergyman.He was born in Canton, Ohio, and attended John Carroll University. He was ordained to the priesthood on December 18, 1943. On June 12, 1968, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland and Titular Bishop of Trisipa by Pope Paul VI...

 of Belleville

Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville

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. He served the diocese as an auxiliary for nearly 21 years when Pope John Paul accepted his resignation on April 3, 2001.