George Musey
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Traditionalist Catholic
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bishop
Bishop (Catholic Church)
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from Galveston, Texas
Galveston, Texas
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He was ordained
Holy Orders
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a priest
Priesthood (Catholic Church)
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on May 22, 1952 by Bishop Wendolin Nold of Galveston
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston encompasses of ten counties in the southeastern area of Texas: Galveston; Harris; Austin; Brazoria; Fort Bend; Grimes; Montgomery; San Jacinto; Walker; and Waller.The chancery of the diocese is located in Downtown Houston. The Archdiocese's...
. Musey was consecrated to the episcopate
Bishop (Catholic Church)
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on April 1, 1982 in Acapulco
Acapulco
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, Mexico
Mexico
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, by Bishop Moises Carmona assisted by Bishop Adolfo Zamora.
From 1982 until early 1984, he was asscociated with Bishop Louis Vezelis
Louis Vezelis
Bishop Louis Vezelis, OFM was born in 1930 to Lithuanian immigrants in Rochester, New York. Originally a Franciscan, Vezelis became a sedevacantist, believing that the mainstream Catholic Church was illegitimate due to the reforms of Vatican II, and that the papacy was therefore vacant...
. Vezelis later distanced himself from Musey over Musey's numerous subsequent ordinations.
He died on March 29, 1992.