His Excellency, The Most Reverend Gerald Eugene Wilkerson |
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Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Los Angeles Titular Bishop of Vincennes |
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Archdiocese | Los Angeles |
Appointed | November 5, 1997 |
Installed | January 21, 1998 |
Term ended | July 21, 2015 |
Other posts | Titular Bishop of Vincennes |
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Ordination | January 5, 1965 by James Francis McIntyre |
Consecration | January 21, 1998 by Roger Mahony, Michael Patrick Driscoll, and Joseph Martin Sartoris |
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Born |
Des Moines, Iowa |
October 21, 1939
Motto | Walk in Integrity of Heart |
Styles of Gerald Eugene Wilkerson |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Gerald Eugene Wilkerson (born October 21, 1939) was an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Gerald Wilkerson grew up in Long Beach, California. He attended St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, California and was ordained a priest on January 5, 1965, by Cardinal James Francis McIntyre. He served in the archdiocese as associate pastor at Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Habra; St. Michael, Los Angeles and American Martyrs, Manhattan Beach, and for 15 years at Our Lady of Grace Church, Encino as administrator and then pastor.
On November 5, 1997, he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as the Titular Bishop of Vincennes and auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles. He was consecrated a bishop on January 21, 1998. Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles, was his principal consecrator, while Bishop Michael Driscoll (Bishop of Boise) and Bishop Joseph M. Sartoris were his principal co-consecrators.