William Henry Bullock

He taught religion for several years and served as headmaster at Saint Thomas Academy, an archdiocesan high school in Mendota Heights, Minnesota.

According to the Diocese of Des Moines, Bullock established a policy addressing sexual abuse in 1988, created the St. Joseph Emergency Family Shelter and St. Mary Family Center, and helped establish the Catholic Pastoral Center in Des Moines.

[5] On April 13, 1993, John Paul II appointed Bullock as the third bishop of the Diocese of Madison; he was installed on June 14, 1993.

[2] He created an office of Hispanic ministry, and he authorized the construction of a social services center to help new immigrants and the poor.

In the final years of his tenure, he created an eight-member sexual abuse review board of mostly lay people to advise the diocese.