Owensboro, Ky., Dec 15, 2009 / 09:08 am
Fr. William F. Medley of St. Bernadette's Parish in the Archdiocese of Louisville was nominated on Tuesday by the Holy Father to be the new bishop of the Diocese of Owensboro in western Kentucky. He will succeed Bishop John J. McRaith, who resigned in January of 2009.
According a biography on the Diocese of Owensboro's website, in the previous 27 years of his priesthood, bishop-elect Medley served as parish priest in a number of parishes in the Louisville and Bardstown areas and was also the Diocesan Director of the Office of Clergy Personnel.
Among his other responsibilities in the Louisville Archdiocese, he held positions in the College of Consultors, the Planning Commission of the Archdiocese and the Priests’ Council. He was also the president of the Bardstown/Nelson County Ministerial Association and served on the Nelson County Human Rights Commission.
With his ordination to the episcopate, Fr. Medley will remain within the Metropolitan See of the Archdiocese of Louisville, which is composed of six dioceses in Tennessee and Kentucky including those of Memphis, Nashville, and Owensboro.