His Excellency, The Most Reverend Daniel Francis Walsh |
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Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa | |
Archdiocese | San Francisco |
Diocese | Santa Rosa |
Appointed | April 11, 2000 |
Installed | May 22, 2000 |
Term ended | June 30, 2011 |
Predecessor | George Patrick Ziemann |
Successor | Robert F. Vasa |
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Ordination | March 30, 1963 |
Consecration | September 24, 1981 by John R. Quinn, Michael Hughes Kenny, and Joseph Anthony Ferrario |
Personal details | |
Born |
San Francisco, California |
October 2, 1937
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Styles of Daniel Francis Walsh |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Daniel Francis Walsh (born October 2, 1937) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the bishop of Bishop of Reno-Las Vegas before becoming the first Bishop of Las Vegas and the fifth Bishop of Santa Rosa in California.
Walsh was born in San Francisco, California, and was ordained to the priesthood on March 30, 1963, in the Mission Dolores Basilica. He then served as associate pastor of St. Pius Parish in Redwood City until 1964, whence he began a year's study at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
From 1966 to 1970, he taught at Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo. Walsh served as assistant chancellor for the Archdiocese of San Francisco from 1970 to 1976, and then as private secretary to Archbishop Joseph McGucken until 1978. He became chancellor of the archdiocese in 1978, and its vicar general in 1981.