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Joseph J. Tyson

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Joseph Jude Tyson
Bishop of Yakima
Archdiocese Seattle
Diocese Yakima
Appointed April 12, 2011
Installed May 31, 2011
Predecessor Carlos Arthur Sevilla, S.J.
Orders
Ordination June 10, 1989
by Raymond Hunthausen
Consecration June 6, 2005
by Alexander Joseph Brunett, George Leo Thomas, and Gustavo García-Siller
Personal details
Born (1957-10-16) October 16, 1957 (age 59)
Moses Lake, Washington
Previous post Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle (2005–2011)
Motto "CHRISTO LUMEN AD GENTES"
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Joseph Jude Tyson (born October 16, 1957) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who is currently the Bishop (Catholic Church) of the Diocese of Yakima, Washington. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle from 2005–2011.

Joseph Tyson was born in Moses Lake, Washington, and attended Blessed Sacrament School. He graduated from St. Alphonsus Elementary School in 1971 and from Bishop Blanchet High School in 1975. He then studied at Shoreline Community College and the University of Washington, from where he obtained Bachelor's degrees in Russian and Eastern European Area Studies and editorial journalism in 1980. He earned a Master's degree in international relations from the Jackson School of International Studies in 1984, and a Master of Divinity from the Theological College of the Catholic University of America in 1989.


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