R. Walker Nickless
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Ralph Walker Nickless D.D. |
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| Bishop of Sioux City | |
| Archdiocese | Dubuque |
| Diocese | Sioux City |
| Appointed | November 10, 2005 |
| Installed | January 20, 2006 |
| Predecessor | Daniel DiNardo |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | August 4, 1973 |
| Consecration | January 20, 2006 by Jerome Hanus, Charles J. Chaput, and Thomas Joseph Tobin |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Ralph Walker Nickless |
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May 28, 1947 Denver, Colorado |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Parents | R. Walker Nickless (Father) E. Margaret McGovern Nickless (Mother) |
| Motto | SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE (except if you're gay) |
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Styles of Ralph Walker Nickless |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Ralph Walker Nickless (born May 28, 1947) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Sioux City.
Nickless was born in Denver, Colorado, one of ten children born to R. Walker Nickless, Sr. and E. Margaret (McGovern) Nickless (his mother died in 2006, shortly after his episcopal consecration). Nickless was ordained a priest for the Denver Archdiocese on August 4, 1973.
Nickless was appointed the seventh Bishop of Sioux City on November 10, 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI. He was consecrated and installed as bishop on January 20, 2006 in a ceremony at the Church of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Sioux City. Archbishop Jerome Hanus of the Archdiocese of Dubuque was the principal consecrator as the Dubuque Archdiocese is the metropolitan see for the state. The co-consecrators were Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput of Denver and Bishop Thomas Joseph Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island.
In a 2009 letter, Bishop Nickless stated his opposition to the Obama health care legislation on the grounds that it could provide free abortion coverage. In August, 2009, Bishop Nickless went further, stating that "the Catholic Church does not teach that government should directly provide health care." Rather, he wrote, "[t]he proper role of the government is to regulate the private sector, in order to foster healthy competition and to curtail abuses. Therefore any legislation that undermines the viability of the private sector is suspect."
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