Gary W. Janak

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Gary Wayne Janak
Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio Titular Bishop of Dionysiana
Janak giving a homily in 2025
Archdiocese	San Antonio
Appointed	February 15, 2021
Installed	April 20, 2021
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Dionysiana
Orders
Ordination	May 14, 1988 by Charles Victor Grahmann
Consecration	April 20, 2021 by Gustavo García-Siller, Michael Joseph Boulette, and Brendan J. Cahill
Personal details
Born	(1962-03-22) March 22, 1962 El Campo, Texas, US
Education	Wharton County Junior College University of Texas at Austin Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary Assumption Seminary Oblate School of Theology The Catholic University of America University of Houston-Victoria
Motto	Give your servant a listening heart

Styles of Gary Wayne Janak
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Gary Wayne Janak (born March 22, 1962) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who was appointed as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Antonio in Texas in 2021.

Gary Janak was born on March 22, 1962, in El Campo, Texas to Josephat “Joe” and Rose Marie Janak. He spent the first six years of his childhood in Eagle Lake, Texas, before the family moved to Palacios, Texas. He graduated in 1980 from Palacios High School. After finishing high school, Janak spent one year at Wharton County Junior College in Wharton, Texas. He then transferred in 1982 to the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, for his sophomore year.^[1]

During 1982, Janak decided to leave the University of Texas to study for the priesthood. He entered Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1982 , graduating in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. He continued his studies at Assumption Seminary in San Antonio, Texas, in 1984.^[1] He received a Master of Divinity degree in 1988 from the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio.

On May 14, 1988, Janak was ordained a priest at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Palacios by Bishop Charles Grahmann for the Diocese of Victoria.^[2]After his ordination, the diocese assigned Janak as parochial vicar of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory Parish. He was transferred in 1990 to Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Victor to serve as a priest-in-residence. He was named pastor of St. Joseph Church in Yoakum, Texas, in 1994. During his time at St. Joseph Janak also received a Licentiate in Canon Law from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1995 and a Master of Arts degree in counseling from the University of Houston-Victoria in Victoria.^[1]

Janak in 2003 was named pastor of St Philip the Apostle Church in El Campo, Texas, and rector of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Victoria. After the retirement of Bishop David Fellhauer in February 2015, the clergy in the diocese elected Janak to serve a brief term as apostolic administrator of the diocese.^[1]

Pope Francis appointed Janak as an auxiliary bishop of San Antonio and titular bishop of Dionysiana on February 15, 2021. On April 20, 2021, Janak was consecrated by Archbishop Gustavo Garcia Siller at St. Mark the Evangelist Church in San Antonio.^[3][4][5]

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