Phillip Francis Straling | |
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Bishop Emeritus of Reno | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Reno |
Appointed | March 21, 1995 |
Installed | June 29, 1995 |
Retired | June 21, 2005 |
Predecessor | Daniel F. Walsh |
Successor | Randolph Roque Calvo |
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Ordination | March 19, 1959 by Charles Francis Buddy |
Consecration | November 6, 1978 by Timothy Manning, John R. Quinn, and Leo Thomas Maher |
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Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
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Phillip Francis Straling (born April 25, 1933) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of San Bernardino in California from 1978 to 1995, and as bishop of the Diocese of Reno in Nevada from 1995 to 2005.
Phillip Straling was born on April 25, 1933, in San Bernardino, California. [1] He was ordained into the priesthood by Bishop Charles Buddy for the Diocese of San Diego on March 19, 1959. He served 11 years in campus ministry before serving as executive secretary of the second Synod of the Diocese of San Diego. In 1976, Straling became pastor of Holy Rosary Parish in San Bernardino. [2]
On July 14, 1978, Pope Paul VI named Straling as the first bishop of San Bernardino. He was consecrated in Riverside, California, on November 6, 1978, by Cardinal Timothy Manning. The co-consecrators were Archbishop John Quinn and Bishop Leo Maher. [1]
During Straling's episcopate, the diocese grew from about 235,000 people to 800,000, and from 85 parishes to 105. [2] For the formation for ministry, he established a diaconate program, and started the Straling Institute in 1980 for laymen. On January 28, 1992, Pope John Paul II named Gerald Barnes as the first auxiliary bishop of the diocese and Straling consecrated him on March 18th of the same year.
On March 21, 1995, John Paul II divided the Diocese of Reno-Las Vegas into two dioceses and appointed Straling as bishop of the new Diocese of Reno. [1] He was installed on June 29, 1995 and served there for ten years. [2]
Pope Benedict XVI accepted Straling's letter of resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Reno on June 21, 2005. [1]
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