His Excellency, The Most Reverend Thomas Anthony Daly |
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Bishop of Spokane | |
Archdiocese | Seattle |
Diocese | Spokane |
Appointed | March 12, 2015 |
Installed | May 20, 2015 |
Predecessor | Blase J. Cupich |
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Ordination | May 9, 1987 |
Consecration | May 25, 2011 by Patrick Joseph McGrath, George Hugh Niederauer, and George Leo Thomas |
Personal details | |
Born |
San Francisco, California |
April 30, 1960
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of San José in California |
Alma mater | St. Patrick's Seminary and University |
Motto | INTO YOUR HANDS LORD |
Styles of Thomas Anthony Daly |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Ordination history of Thomas Anthony Daly | |
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Priestly ordination
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Date of ordination | 9 May 1987 |
Place of ordination | Archdiocese of San Francisco |
Episcopal consecration
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Principal consecrator | Patrick Joseph McGrath, Bishop of San Jose |
Co-consecrator | George Hugh Niederauer, Archbishop of San Francisco |
Co-consecrator | George Leo Thomas, Bishop of Helena |
Date of consecration | 25 May 2011 |
Thomas Anthony Daly (born April 30, 1960) is the seventh Roman Catholic bishop of Spokane. He was appointed to this position on March 12, 2015 and was installed on May 20. Previously, he was the first Auxiliary Bishop of San José in California, USA.
Daly was born in San Francisco, California and attended St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California, where he was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of San Francisco on May 9, 1987. He served as a curate at Our Lady of Loretto Parish in Novato, and later as a teacher and campus minister at Marin Catholic High School. Later, he served as part-time chaplain to the San Francisco Police Department while concurrently posted as curate at St. Cecilia's Church. After these assignments, he became involved in the archdiocesan vocations office; serving concurrently as Director of Vocations and president of Marin Catholic High School.
Daly was named auxiliary bishop of San Jose and titular bishop of Tabalta by Pope Benedict XVI on March 16, 2011. He attended his first diocesan event at the Mass in Celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Diocese of San Jose, and was consecrated bishop on May 25, 2011 at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph by Bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath of San José, with Archbishop George Hugh Niederauer of San Francisco and Bishop George Leo Thomas of Helena co-consecrating in the presence of Roger Cardinal Mahony.