Matthew Elshoff

Styles of
**Matthew Elshoff**
Styles of; Matthew Elshoff
Reference style	His Excellency ; The Most Reverend ;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Matthew Elshoff

O.F.M. Cap.
His Excellency, The Most Reverend ; Matthew Elshoff; O.F.M. Cap.
Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles ; Titular Bishop of Lamzella
Church	Catholic
Archdiocese	Los Angeles
Appointed	July 18, 2023
Installed	September 26, 2023
Other post(s)	Titular Bishop of Lamzella
Orders
Ordination	June 18, 1982; by Timothy Manning
Consecration	September 26, 2023; by José Horacio Gómez, Gerald Eugene Wilkerson, and Alejandro Dumbrigue Aclan
Personal details
Born	Matthew Gregory Elshoff; September 24, 1955 (age 68); Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Parents	Calvin and Irene (née Molnar) Elshoff
Previous post(s)	President, St. Francis High School ; Provincial Minister, Order of Friars Minor, Capuchin, Our Lady of the Angels Province
Alma mater	St. Francis High School ; Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology ; California Family Center
Motto	Caritas Christi Urget Nos; (The love of Christ impels us)
Coat of arms

Last updated April 04, 2024

Matthew Gregory Elshoff, O.F.M. Cap. (born September 24, 1955) is an American Catholic priest and Capuchin friar who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California since 2023.^[1]

Biography

Early life

Matthew Elshoff was born on September 24, 1955, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the first of five children of Calvin and Irene (née Molnar) Elshoff.^[2] His family moved to Los Angeles when he was a child, and he attended St. Bede the Venerable Church and Elementary School in La Cañada, Flintridge. The school was operated by the Sisters of St. Louis, who encouraged Elshoff to consider becoming a priest. Elshoff then attended St. Francis High School in La Cañada Flintridge, California, which was operated by the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchins). ^[3]^[4]

Having decided to enter the priesthood Elshoff joined the Capuchins in 1979. He entered their seminary at St. Albert's Priory in Oakland, California, professing solemn vows on September 22, 1979.^[1]^[5]^[4]He continued his studies at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley, California, graduating in 1982 with degrees in theology and divinity. ^[3]

Priesthood

Elshoff was ordained a priest by Cardinal Timothy Manning for the Capuchin Order on June 18, 1982 at St. Bede the Venerable Church in La Canada.^[3]^[6]

After his 1982 ordination, the Capuchins assigned Elshoff as vocations director for his Capuchine province. After six year in this position, he spent a sabbatical year in Benito Juarez, Mexico, working as a missionary.^[7]

Returning to California, Elshoff then served as a teacher, chaplain, counselor, and president at St. Francis High School. During this time, he also earned a master's degree and license in marriage and family therapy in 1986 and 1990.^[5] He also served as the provincial minister for his province of Capuchins as well as novice master.^[7]

Elshoff received his first pastoral assignment in 2015 when the Capuchins sent him to serve as pastor at Old Mission Santa Inés Parish in Solvang, California. ^[4] He was transferred in 2018 to become pastor at St. Lawrence of Brindisi Parish in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, when churches were closed, he walked through the neighborhood with a cross and a monstrance carrying the eucharist. ^[3]^[4]

Episcopacy

On July 18, 2023, Pope Francis appointed Elshoff as an auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles and the titular bishop of Lamzella.^[1]^[8] Archbishop José Gómez consecrated him as a bishop on September 26, 2023, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, with Auxiliary Bishops Gerald Wilkerson and Alejandro Aclan serving as co-consecrators. ^[6]^[3]

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References

1 2 3 "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
↑ "Obituary information for Eldred Calvin Elshoff". www.cabotandsons.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
1 2 3 4 5 "Meet the quadruplets: Pope Francis names four new auxiliary bishops for LA". Angelus. 2023-07-18. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
1 2 3 4 "New LA bishop: Matthew Elshoff, educator with a missionary heart". Angelus. 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
1 2 "Pope Francis Names New Auxiliary Bishops of Los Angeles | USCCB". www.usccb.org. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
1 2 "Bishop Matthew Gregory Elshoff [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
1 2 West, Capuchins (2015-01-29). "Fr. Matt Elshoff Called to Mexico". Capuchin Franciscans. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
↑ "Pope picks four LA County priests to become auxiliary bishops". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved July 18, 2023.

External links

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles Official Site

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles 2023–present	Succeeded by –

[:1-1] 1 2 3 "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

[2] "Obituary information for Eldred Calvin Elshoff". www.cabotandsons.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

[:3-3] 1 2 3 4 5 "Meet the quadruplets: Pope Francis names four new auxiliary bishops for LA". Angelus. 2023-07-18. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

[:0-4] 1 2 3 4 "New LA bishop: Matthew Elshoff, educator with a missionary heart". Angelus. 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2024-02-14.

[:2-5] 1 2 "Pope Francis Names New Auxiliary Bishops of Los Angeles | USCCB". www.usccb.org. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

[:4-6] 1 2 "Bishop Matthew Gregory Elshoff [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-02-14.

[:5-7] 1 2 West, Capuchins (2015-01-29). "Fr. Matt Elshoff Called to Mexico". Capuchin Franciscans. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

[8] "Pope picks four LA County priests to become auxiliary bishops". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved July 18, 2023.

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