Richard John Garcia
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Richard John Garcia D.D. |
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| Bishop of Monterey in California | |
Bishop Richard Garcia greets guests.
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| Archdiocese | Los Angeles |
| Diocese | Monterey in California |
| Appointed | December 19, 2006 |
| Installed | January 30, 2007 |
| Predecessor | Sylvester Donovan Ryan |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 13, 1973 |
| Consecration | November 25, 1997 by William Weigand, John R. Quinn, and Pierre DuMaine |
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April 24, 1947 San Francisco, California |
| Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of Sacramento (1997-2006) |
| Motto | EN ÉL VIVIMOS |
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Styles of Richard John Garcia |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Richard John Garcia (born April 24, 1947 in San Francisco, California) is an American Roman Catholic bishop. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as the fourth ordinary bishop of the Diocese of Monterey in California on December 19, 2006, and was installed at a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Roger Mahony on January 30, 2007.
Garcia was born in San Francisco in 1947 to immigrant parents from Mexico. He completed his studies for the priesthood at Saint Joseph College in Mountain View and at St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California.
Garcia was ordained to the priesthood on May 13, 1973 for the Archdiocese of San Francisco at Sacred Heart Parish in San Jose, California. For seven years he served as an associate pastor and coordinator of Hispanic apostolate, from 1980 to 1984 he studied theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome.
When the Diocese of San Jose in California was erected in 1981, Garcia was transferred to the new diocese. He taught at Saint Joseph Minor Seminary in Los Altos and at Saint Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California.
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