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Vincent Stanislaus Waters - Wikipedia

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Vincent Stanislaus Waters
Bishop of Raleigh

See	Diocese of Raleigh
Installed	March 15, 1945
Term ended	December 3, 1974
Predecessor	Eugene J. McGuinness
Successor	Francis Joseph Gossman
Other post(s)	Chancellor of the Diocese of Richmond
Orders
Ordination	December 8, 1931 by Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani
Consecration	May 15, 1945 by Peter Leo Ireton
Personal details
Born	August 15, 1904 Roanoke, Virginia, US
Died	December 3, 1974 Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Education	Belmont Abbey College

Ordination history of
Vincent Stanislaus Waters

History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated by	Peter Leo Ireton (Bishop of Richmond)
Date	May 15, 1945

Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Vincent Stanislaus Waters as principal consecrator
Charles Borromeo McLaughlin	April 15, 1964
George Edward Lynch	January 6, 1970

Vincent Stanislaus Waters (August 15, 1904—December 3, 1974) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Raleigh in North Carolina from 1945 until his death in 1974.

Biography

Early life and education

Vincent Waters was born on August 15, 1904, in Roanoke, Virginia, to Michael Bernard and Mary Frances (née Crowley) Waters.^[1] He attended Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, North Carolina from 1920 to 1925, and then entered St. Charles College in Ellicott City, Maryland (1925-1926) and St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland (1926-1928).^[1] Waters furthered his studies at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.

Ordination and ministry

Waters was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Richmond in Rome by Cardinal Francesco Selvaggiani on December 8, 1931.^[2] Following his return to Virginia in 1932, Waters served as a curate at Holy Cross Parish in Lynchburg, Virginia, until 1936, when he was transferred to Sacred Heart Cathedral in Richmond, Virginia.^[1] Waters served as chancellor of the diocese from 1936 to 1943, and director of the diocesan Mission Fathers from 1943 to 1945.^[1]

Bishop of Raleigh

On March 15, 1945, Waters was appointed the third bishop of the Diocese of Raleigh by Pope Pius XII.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration on May 15, 1945, from Bishop Peter Ireton, with Bishops Gerald O'Hara and Emmet M. Walsh serving as co-consecrators.^[2]

In 1953, a year before Brown v. Board of Education decision by the US Supreme Court, Waters ordered the desegregation of all Catholic churches and schools in the diocese.^[3]^[4] He described racial segregation as a product of "darkness," and declared that "the time has come for it to end."^[5] He also said,

"I am not unmindful, as a Southerner, of the force of this virus of prejudice among some persons in the South, as well as in the North. I know, however, that there is a cure for this virus, and that is our faith."^[6]

Bishop Michael Begley said of Waters,

"[his] missionary zeal and his concern for God's people cannot be measured. He was a leader in many fields, one of which was civil rights, as he fought for the civil rights of the black people in integrating schools, churches and all Catholic institutions."

Waters attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in Rome between 1962 and 1965. Waters was later accused by some of the diocesan clergy of holding on to idle church property worth millions of dollars while some parishes were in debt.^[3] He also denied requests for the creation of a priests' senate, and had his resignation requested by around twenty percent of the clergy.^[3] In 1972, Waters expelled five Sisters of Providence nuns from the diocese for not wearing their religious habits while teaching.^[3]

Vincent Waters died from a heart attack at his residence in Raleigh on December 3, 1974, at age 70.^[3] He is buried in the cemetery of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Newton Grove, North Carolina.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bishop Vincent Stanislaus Waters". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Bishop Waters, Led Raleigh Diocese". The New York Times. 1974-12-05.
^ "Bishop Vincent S. Waters (1904-1974)". North Carolina History Project.
^ "Light in Newton Grove". TIME Magazine. 1953-06-08. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008.
^ "Cure for the Virus". TIME Magazine. 1953-06-29. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008.

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Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Eugene J. McGuinness	Bishop of Raleigh 1945—1974	Succeeded by Francis Joseph Gossman

v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh
Ordinaries	Bishops William Hafey Eugene J. McGuinness Vincent Stanislaus Waters F. Joseph Gossman Michael Francis Burbidge Luis R. Zarama
Churches	Cathedral Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral Basilica Basilica Shrine of St. Mary, Wilmington Parishes St. Michael the Archangel Church, Cary Immaculate Conception Church, Durham Immaculate Conception Church, Halifax St. Paul's Church, New Bern St. Raphael the Archangel Church, Raleigh St. Catherine of Siena, Wake Forest Chapel Sacred Heart Church, Raleigh
Education	High schools Cristo Rey Research Triangle High School, Durham John Paul II Catholic High School, Greenville Cardinal Gibbons High School, Raleigh St. Thomas More Academy, Raleigh
Priests	Bernard Shlesinger Casey Cole
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v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond
Bishops	Ordinaries Patrick Kelly Richard Vincent Whelan John McGill James Gibbons John Joseph Keane Augustine Van de Vyver Denis J. O'Connell Andrew James Louis Brennan Peter Leo Ireton John Joyce Russell Walter Francis Sullivan Francis X. DiLorenzo Barry Christopher Knestout Auxiliary bishops Joseph Howard Hodges Ernest Leo Unterkoefler James Louis Flaherty David Edward Foley
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Basilica Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Norfolk Basilica of St. Andrew, Roanoke Parishes St. Vincent de Paul Church, Newport News Church of the Sacred Heart, Petersburg St. Paul's Church, Portsmouth Church of the Sacred Heart, Richmond St. Peter's Church, Richmond St. Bede's Church, Williamsburg St. Stephen, Martyr, Chesapeake
Education	High schools Benedictine College Preparatory, Richmond Blessed Sacrament Huguenot, Powhatan Catholic High School, Virginia Beach Holy Cross Regional Catholic School, Lynchburg Peninsula Catholic High School, Newport News Roanoke Catholic School, Roanoke Saint Gertrude High School, Richmond Walsingham Academy, Williamsburg
Priests	Francis Janssens Vincent Stanislaus Waters
Miscellany	Francis J. Parater
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