Myron Joseph Cotta
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Myron Joseph Cotta |
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| Archdiocese | San Francisco |
| Diocese | |
| Appointed | January 23, 2018 |
| Installed | March 15, 2018 |
| Predecessor | Stephen Blaire |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | September 12, 1987 |
| Consecration | March 25, 2014 by Jaime Soto, Armando Xavier Ochoa, and José de Jesús Madera Uribe |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 21, 1953 Dos Palos, California |
| Previous post |
Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento Titular Bishop of Muteci |
| Motto | GRAÇA E MISERICÓRDIA |
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Styles of Myron Joseph Cotta |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Myron Joseph Cotta (born March 21, 1953) is a Catholic bishop in the United States. Since 2014 he has served as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento. On January 23, 2018, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, announced that Bishop Cotta will be the sixth Bishop of the Diocese of Stockton. His installation Mass is scheduled for March 15, 2018.
Cotta was born in Dos Palos, California and was educated in public and Catholic schools before receiving an associates degree from West Hills College Coalinga in Coalinga, California. He studied for the priesthood at St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, California. Cotta was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Fresno on September 12, 1987. He is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
After ordination, Cotta served as the parochial vicar at St. Anthony Parish in Atwater from 1987 to 1989 and the administrator of Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Laton from 1989 to 1992. He served as the pastor of Our Lady of Miracles Parish in Gustine from 1992 to 1999. Following his pastoral assignments he served as the Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia for the Diocese of Fresno. Pope John Paul II named Cotta a Chaplain of His Holiness, with the title of Monsignor, in 2002. Pope Benedict XVI named him a Prelate of Honor in 2009.
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