Priesthood
On December 20, 1961, Vlazny was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Martin J. O'Connor at St. Peter's Basilica. He was ordained alongside his fellow American, William Levada, who would become a cardinal and prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Following his return to the United States, he served on the faculty of Quigley Preparatory North, later Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary, in Chicago from 1963 to 1979. He was also Dean of Studies at Quigley North from 1969 to 1979.
In addition to his academic duties, Vlazny served as an associate pastor at St. Paul of the Cross Church in Park Ridge from 1962 to 1963. He then served at St. Clement Church in Lincoln Park from 1963 to 1968, and earned a Master of Arts degree in the Classics from the University of Michigan in 1967. He became an associate pastor at St. Aloysius Church in Wicker Park in 1968, and served as its pastor from 1979 to 1981. In 1972, he earned a Master of Education degree in School Administration from Loyola University Chicago.
From 1976 to 1977, he was president of the Presbyteral Senate for the Archdiocese of Chicago. He was also a diocesan consultor and member of the Diocesan Clergy Personnel Board. He served as rector of Niles College Seminary from 1981 to 1983.
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