Dennis G. Walsh

Last updated
The Most Reverend

Dennis Gerard Walsh
Bishop of Davenport
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Davenport
AppointedJune 25, 2024
InstalledSeptember 27, 2024
Predecessor Thomas Robert Zinkula
Orders
OrdinationMay 27, 1992
by  John Joseph Glynn
ConsecrationSeptember 27, 2024
by  Thomas Robert Zinkula, Martin John Amos, and Daniel Edward Thomas
Personal details
Born (1965-07-16) July 16, 1965 (age 59)
Lima, Ohio, US
Alma mater St. Alphonsus College
Washington Theological Union
MottoIn Manus Tuas Domine
(Into Your Hands, Lord)
Coat of arms Coat of arms of Dennis Gerard Walsh, Bishop of Davenport.svg
Styles of
Dennis Gerard Walsh
Coat of arms of Dennis Gerard Walsh, Bishop of Davenport.svg
Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Dennis Gerard Walsh (born June 16, 1965) is an American bishop of the Catholic Church. He currently serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Davenport. When he was ordained a priest he was a member of the Redemptorist congregation and later became a priest in the Diocese of Toledo in America.

Contents

Biography

Early life and education

Dennis Walsh was born on June 16, 1965, in Lima, Ohio, to Daniel and Marilyn Walsh. [1] He was educated at the Elida Local School District where he graduated in 1983. He received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from St. Alphonsus College in Suffield, Connecticut. [2] He professed temporary religious vows as a Redemptorist in 1986 and final vows in 1991. He studied for the priesthood at Washington Theological Union in Washington, D.C. where he received a Master of Divinity degree in 1992.

Priesthood

Walsh was ordained a priest on May 27, 1992 in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [1] His first assignment was to Iglesia de San Antonio de Padua in Guayama, Puerto Rico where he studied Spanish. He then served as Parochial Vicar at St. Michael Parish in Baltimore until 1994, Immaculate Conception Parish in the South Bronx, New York City until 1998, and St. Mary Parish in Sandusky, Ohio. In 2000, he was incardinated as a priest of the Diocese of Toledo in America.

From 2002 to 2007, Walsh was assigned as pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Defiance, Ohio. He then served as the pastor of St. Patrick of Heatherdowns in Toledo, Ohio. In 2015 he was appointed pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Delphos, Ohio and St. John the Baptist Parish in Landeck, Ohio. St. Patrick Parish in Spencerville, Ohio and Head of School for St. John the Evangelist Elementary and High School were added to his responsibilities in 2016. Walsh has also served on various boards and commissions of the Diocese of Toledo. [1] [2]

Bishop of Davenport

On June 25, 2024, Pope Francis named Walsh the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Davenport. [2] [3] He was ordained and installed as bishop on September 27, 2024 in Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport, Iowa. Archbishop Thomas Zinkula of Dubuque was the ordaining bishop with Bishop Emeritus Martin Amos of Davenport and Bishop Daniel Thomas of Toledo as co-consecrators. [4]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport</span> Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Iowa, USA

The Diocese of Davenport is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the Catholic Church for the southeastern quarter of the state of Iowa in the United States.

William Edwin Franklin is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, He served as an auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Dubuque in Iowa from 1987 to 1993, and as bishop of the Diocese of Davenport, also in Iowa, from 1993 to 2006.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus</span> Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Ohio, USA

The Diocese of Columbus is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church covering 23 counties in central Ohio in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Luers</span> American prelate

John Henry Luers was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Fort Wayne in Indiana from 1858 until his death in 1871.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martin John Amos</span> American prelate

Martin John Amos is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Amos served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland in Ohio from 2001 to 2006 and as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Davenport in Iowa from 2006 to 2017.

Thomas Aloysius Boland was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark in New Jersey from 1952 to 1974. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the same diocese from 1940 to 1947 and bishop of the Diocese of Paterson in New Jersey from 1947 to 1952.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James J. Davis (bishop)</span> Third bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, USA

James Joseph Davis was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Davenport in Iowa from 1906 to until his death in 1926.

Emmet Michael Walsh was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Charleston in South Carolina (1927–1949) and as bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown in Ohio (1952–1968).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ignatius Frederick Horstmann</span> American prelate

Ignatius Frederick Horstmann was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland in Ohio from 1892 until his death in 1908.

Augustus John Schwertner was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Wichita in Kansas from 1921 until his death in 1939.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edgar Moreira da Cunha</span> Brazilian-born American prelate

Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V. is a Brazilian-born American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Fall River in Massachusetts since 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert J. Brennan</span> Catholic bishop

Robert John Brennan is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn in New York City since 2021. Previously he served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York from 2012 to 2019, and as bishop of the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio from 2019 to 2021.

Anthony Joseph Schuler was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. A member of the Society of Jesus, he served as the first Bishop of El Paso from 1915 to 1942.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carl A. Kemme</span> American prelate

Carl Alan Kemme is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Since 2014, he has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Wichita in Kansas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski</span> Polish-born prelate

Andrzej Jerzy Zglejszewski (Polish:[ˈandʐɛjˈjɛʐɨzɡlɛjˈʂɛfskʲi] is a Polish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York since 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Francis Malone</span> American priest of the Catholic Church (born 1950)

Francis Ignatius Malone is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop for the Diocese of Shreveport in Louisiana since 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert W. Marshall</span> Roman-catholic clergyman

Robert William Marshall, Jr. is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as Bishop of Alexandria in Louisiana since 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bruce Lewandowski</span>

Bruce Alan Lewandowski, CSsR is an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and a member of the Redemptorists. He has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland, since 2020. He previously served in New York City, Saint Lucia, and Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Iffert</span> US Roman Catholic bishop

John Curtis Iffert is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop for the Diocese of Covington in Kentucky since 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael G. Woost</span> American bishop of the Catholic Church

Michael Gerard Woost is an American bishop of the Catholic Church who has been serving as auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Cleveland in Ohio since 2022.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jenny Hipskind (June 25, 2024). "Diocese of Davenport names new Bishop". WQAD-TV . Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Pope Francis Appoints Father Dennis Walsh as Bishop of Davenport". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops . June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Rinunce e nomine, 25.06.2024" . Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Bishop Dennis Gerard Walsh". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Bishop of Davenport
2024–Present		Succeeded by
Incumbent
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.