A coadjutor bishop enjoys the right of succession when the incumbent leaves office. The current head of the Orlando Diocese is Bishop Norbert Dorsey.
Thomas Wenski was born Oct. 18, 1950, in West Palm Beach. He attended St. Vincent de Paul’s Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida, and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Miami in May 1976. He earned a master’s in sociology at Fordham University.
He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Miami in June 1997. He chairs the U.S. bishops’ Migration Committee.
