People like William X. Kienzle

William Xavier Kienzle (September 11, 1928 – December 28, 2001) was an American priest and later writer.

Kienzle was born in Detroit Michigan. Ordained to the priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church in 1954, William X. Kienzle spent twenty years as a parish priest. From 1962-74 he was editor in chief of the archdiocese's newspaper, Michigan Catholic, earning an award from Michigan's Knights of Columbus for general excellence in journalism and a Catholic Press Association acknowledgment for editorial writing. Kienzle left the priesthood in 1974.

When in 1974, Father William X. Kienzle left the Priesthood, through a process called laicization and reportedly due to the church's refusal to remarry divorcees, he became the Editor in Chief at MPLS Magazine in Minneapolis. Later, moving to Texas, Kienzle was Director of the Center for Contemplative Studies at the University of Dallas. During this period Kienzle authored 24 crime fiction/mystery novels featuring Father Robert Koesler, a Catholic priest.