Walter A. Hurley
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The Most Reverend Walter Allison Hurley |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Grand Rapids | |
| Diocese | Grand Rapids |
| Appointed | 21 June 2005 |
| Installed | 4 August 2005 |
| Term ended | 18 April 2013 |
| Predecessor | Kevin Michael Britt |
| Successor | David John Walkowiak |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 5 June 1965 by John Francis Dearden |
| Consecration | 12 August 2003 by Adam Maida |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
30 May 1937 Fredericton, Canada |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Alma mater | Catholic University of America |
| Motto | "Serve With Gladness" |
Walter Allison Hurley (born May 30, 1937) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as the twenty-second auxiliary bishop of Detroit and eleventh bishop ordinary of the Diocese of Grand Rapids.
Walter Hurley was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, to Charles and Anne (née Ball) Hurley. One of six children, he has four sisters, Elizabeth, Eileen, Charlene, and Annette; and one brother, Gerald. He attended St. Dunstan Grade School in Fredericton, and St. Anne High School in Church Point, Nova Scotia. In 1955, he moved to the United States, settling in Detroit, Michigan. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sacred Heart Seminary in 1961, and a Master's in Divinity from the now-defunct St. John's Provincial Seminary in 1965.
Hurley was ordained to the priesthood of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Detroit by future-cardinal John Dearden on June 5, 1965, serving with the following appointments:
Archbishop Edmund Cardinal Szoka then sent Hurley to further his studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., from where he obtained a Licentiate of Canon Law in 1984. Upon returning to the archdiocese, he served in three more appointments:
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