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Jeffrey Joseph Walsh (born November 29, 1965) is an American prelate of the
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who serves as
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of the
Diocese of Gaylord The Diocese of Gaylord ( la, Diœcesis Gaylordensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Northern Michigan region of the United States. It comprises the twenty-one most northern counties of the lo ...
.


Biography

Jeffrey Walsh was born on November 29, 1965, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. On June 25, 1994, Walsh was ordained to the priesthood for the
Diocese of Scranton The Diocese of Scranton is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan see of Archdiocese of Philadelphia, established on March 3, 1868. The seat of the bishop is St. Peter's Cathedral in th ...
by Bishop
James Timlin James Clifford Timlin (born August 5, 1927) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Scranton from 1984 to 2003. Timlin was accused in a 2018 Pennsylvania grand jury report of covering up sexual ...
.
Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...
appointed Walsh as bishop of the Diocese of
Gaylord Gaylord is a name of Norman French origin, from the Old French ''gaillard'' meaning "joyful" or "high-spirited". It may refer to: People *Gaylord (given name) Surname *Bill Gaylord (born 1967), British former alpine skier *Charles Gaylord (1936 ...
on December 21, 2021. Walsh was consecrated as bishop by Archbishop Allen Vigneron on March 4, 2022.


See also

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Catholic Church hierarchy The hierarchy of the Catholic Church consists of its bishops, priests, and deacons. In the ecclesiological sense of the term, "hierarchy" strictly means the "holy ordering" of the Church, the Body of Christ, so to respect the diversity of gif ...
*
Catholic Church in the United States With 23 percent of the United States' population , the Catholic Church is the country's second largest religious grouping, after Protestantism, and the country's largest single church or Christian denomination where Protestantism is divided i ...
*
Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States This is a historical list of all bishops of the Catholic Church whose sees were within the present-day boundaries of the United States, with links to the bishops who consecrated them. It includes only members of the United States Conference of Cat ...
* List of Catholic bishops of the United States * Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops


References


External links


Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaylord Official Site

Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton Official Site


Episcopal succession

1965 births Living people American Roman Catholic priests Bishops appointed by Pope Francis People from Scranton, Pennsylvania {{RC-bishop-stub