The Right Reverend George Stack
Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster
Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia
Bishop George Stack was ordained an Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of Westminster on 12 April 2001. He is Chairman of the Diocesan Department for Education and Formation and has pastoral responsibility for the Deaneries in Hertfordshire.
Bishop Stack was born on 9 May 1946 in Cork, Ireland. He attended St Aloysius’ College Highgate, before studying for the priesthood at St Edmund's College, Ware, from 1966 to 1972.
He was ordained on 21 May 1972 at St Mary & St Joseph Church in Poplar by Bishop Victor Guazzelli, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster. From 1971 to 1975 he was deacon and then assistant priest at Our Lady & St Joseph, Hanwell. From 1972 he was also chaplain to St Bernard's Hospital, Southall (until 1975), and chaplain to Cardinal Wiseman School, Greenford (until 1976).
From 1974 to 1977 Bishop Stack undertook further studies at St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill, and gained a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of London. He then became a member of the Westminster Religious Education Centre. In 1977, he was appointed Assistant Priest at St Paul the Apostle, Wood Green, and in 1983, parish priest at Our Lady Help of Christians, Kentish Town. In 1990, he was appointed Vicar General for Clergy in the Westminster Diocese, and was based at Archbishop's House.
He became Administrator of Westminster Cathedral in 1993, and retained this position until his Ordination as Bishop in 2001. During this time he was appointed one of the first Ecumenical Canons at St Paul’s Cathedral, London. He was made a Prelate of Honour, with the title Monsignor, to Pope John Paul II in the year 2003.