Michael G. Woost

Michael Gerard Woost (born September 17, 1958) is an American bishop of the Catholic Church who has been serving as auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Cleveland in Ohio since 2022.

Biography

Early life Michael Woost was born on September 17, 1958, in Cleveland, Ohio. He has two brothers who are also priests in Cleveland. He attended St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland.

Deciding to become a priest, Woost entered Borromeo Seminary in Wickliffe, Ohio. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy in 1980. Woost continued his preparation for the priesthood at Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology in Wickliffe, Ohio receiving a Master of Divinity degree in 1984 and Master of Arts in systematic theology degree in 1986.

After Woost's 1984 ordination, the diocese assigned him as parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception Parish in Madison, Ohio. In 1989, Pilla appointed him as director of vocations and priest in resident at the cathedral. Woost moved to Washington D.C. in 1995 to attend the Catholic University of America. He received a Licentiate in Sacred Theology in 2000. On August 4, 2022, he was consecrated at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist as a bishop by Malesic, with Bishops Roger William Gries and Martin John Amos serving as co-consecrators.