Knights of Columbus of Wisconsin

The Most Reverend David A. Zubik

David A. Zubik was born Sept. 4, 1949, in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, to Stanley and Susan (Raskosky) Zubik. He attended St. Stanislaus Elementary School and St. Veronica High School, both in Ambridge, before entering St. Paul Seminary in Pittsburgh. He received an undergraduate degree at Duquesne University in 1971 and went on to study at St. Mary Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland, where he earned a degree in theology in 1975.

Bishop Zubik was ordained a priest on May 3, 1975, by Bishop Vincent M. Leonard at St. Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh. Bishop Zubik served as Parochial Vicar of Sacred Heart Parish, Shadyside, until 1980. He was then assigned as Vice Principal of Quigley Catholic High School in Baden as well as Chaplain of the Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse and Chaplain to the students at Mount Gallitzin Academy. At the same time, he began graduate studies at Duquesne University where he earned a master's degree in education administration in 1982.

In 1987, Bishop Zubik was appointed Administrative Secretary to then-Pittsburgh Bishop Anthony J. Bevilacqua. In 1988, he was appointed Administrative Secretary and Master of Ceremonies to Bishop Donald W. Wuerl where he served until 1991 when he began his service as Director of Clergy Personnel.

In 1995, he was named Associate General Secretary and Chancellor of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, and on Jan. 1, 1996, became Vicar General and General Secretary – a position in which he served until his appointment to the Diocese of Green Bay.

Bishop Zubik was consecrated a bishop on April 6, 1997, at St. Paul Cathedral and was appointed auxiliary bishop to the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He has served in the role of adjunct spiritual director at St. Paul Seminary from 1984 through 1991 and associate spiritual director at St. Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, from 1989 through 1996.

In addition, he served as Bishop Wuerl's personal representative to the Administrative Board of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference. He was also President of the Diocesan Finance Council and President of the Catholic Institute of the Diocese of Pittsburgh.

Bishop Zubik served on the Duquesne University Board of Directors, the Duquesne University Academic Affairs Committee, the Priest Council, Board of Diocesan Consultors, Priest Personnel Board, Catholic Charities Board and St. Paul Seminary Advisory Board, along with the Board of Trustees of the Catholic Cemeteries Association, Pittsburgh Catholic Publishing Associates, Diocesan Building Commission, Diocesan Pastoral Council, and Chimbote Foundation. He was also Chaplain to the Sisters of the Holy Spirit in Ross Township where he was in residence before coming to Green Bay.

On the national level, Bishop Zubik was a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry.

On October 10, 2003, the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, named the Most Reverend David A. Zubik as the eleventh Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay. Bishop Zubik took possession of this Diocese on Dec. 12, 2003, during the Mass of Installation at St. Agnes Church, Green Bay.