Timothy Doherty
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Timothy Lawrence Doherty |
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| Bishop of Lafayette | |
| Archdiocese | Indianapolis |
| Diocese | Lafayette |
| Appointed | May 12, 2010 |
| Installed | July 15, 2010 |
| Predecessor | William Leo Higi |
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| Ordination | June 26, 1976 by Arthur J. O'Neill |
| Consecration | July 15, 2010 by Daniel M. Buechlein, William Leo Higi, and Thomas G. Doran |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 29, 1950 Rockford, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Motto | THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT CHAINED |
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Styles of Timothy Lawrence Doherty |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Timothy Lawrence Doherty (born September 29, 1950) is an American Roman Catholic bishop. He was a priest of the Diocese of Rockford until he was appointed Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana by Pope Benedict XVI on May 12, 2010. On July 15, 2010, Doherty was consecrated, becoming the sixth bishop of the diocese.
Timothy Doherty was born in Rockford, Illinois, the eldest of seven children of Lawrence and June Doherty. He attended St. Mary Minor Seminary in Crystal Lake from 1964 to 1968. He then attended St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1972. He studied for the priesthood in Rome at the Pontifical North American College and the Pontifical Gregorian University, receiving a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree in 1975. Doherty earned a doctorate in Christian ethics at Chicago's Loyola University in 1995.
On June 26, 1976, Doherty was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Rockford by Bishop Arthur J. O'Neill. His first assignment was as an associate pastor at the Cathedral of St. Peter in Rockford, where he remained for five years. He then furthered his studies at the Pontifical Lateran University, where he earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in moral theology from the Alfonsian Academy in 1982.
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