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Alexander King Sample was born on November 7, 1960, in Kalispell, Montana, to Alexander and Joyce (née Dory) Sample. [1] His father was of Scottish heritage and his mother Polish. [2] The younger Alexander Sample graduated from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1978. [3]
On January 29, 2013, Bishop Alexander Sample was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to be the new Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, succeeding John George Vlazny, whose resignation was accepted at the same time. [28]
In 2005, Reverend Alexander Sample was appointed the twelfth bishop of Marquette by Pope Benedict XVI. In 2012, Sample ordained five seminarians to the diaconate, and ten new subdeacons. These new subdeacons include five from the United States for the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest.
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On December 13, 2005, John Paul II accepted Garland's letter of resignation as bishop of Marquette. He was replaced by Bishop Alexander K. Sample. [3] [1] After his retirement, Garland served for two years as executive director of the Bishop Baraga Association.
Vlazny previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois from 1983 to 1987 and as bishop of the Diocese of Winona in Minnesota from 1987 to 1997. [2] On January 29, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI announced the acceptance of his resignation, with Bishop Alexander Sample to succeed him in Portland.
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On December 17, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Doerfler as the bishop of Marquette. He was consecrated at St. Peter Cathedral in Marquette by Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron , with Bishop David L. Ricken and Archbishop Alexander King Sample serving as co-consecrators, on February 11, 2014.