- Alexander King Sample
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name=Alexander King Sample
dipstyle=The Most Reverend
offstyle=Your Excellency
relstyle=Monsignor
deathstyle=noneAlexander King Sample is an American
Roman Catholic bishop . He is serving as the twelfth Bishop of the Diocese of Marquette, Michigan. He was born onNovember 7 ,1960 inKalispell, Montana , to Joyce "Dory" Sample and the late Alex K. Sample. He has two sisters; Marti Sample and Barbara Krieber. Bishop Sample was ordained a priest onJune 1 ,1990 by BishopMark Francis Schmitt . He wasappointed Bishop of Marquette byPope Benedict XVI onDecember 13 ,2005 and wasconsecrated onJanuary 25 ,2006 byAdam Joseph Cardinal Maida .The Bishop is a member of the
Knights of Columbus .On October 7, 2007, at the invitation of
Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke , Bishop Sample attended theRed Mass at theCathedral Basilica of St. Louis , delivering the homily.References
*http://www.dioceseofmarquette.org/dept2.asp?dept=31&which=32
*http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsample.html----
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