MONSIGNOR GERALD T. WALSH APPOINTED AUXILIARY BISHOP

September 2004 -  Pope John Paul II has appointed our Pastor Gerald T. Walsh as an Auxiliary Bishop for the New York Archdiocese.

He will be ordained to the episcopacy by the Cardinal on Tuesday, Sept. 21, the feast of St. Matthew, at a Mass of Ordination at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Also appointed is Dennis J. Sullivan, Parochial Vicar for St. Elizabeth Church in the 1970s.

In addition to serving as Pastor since 1998, Bishop-elect Walsh also serves as Archdiocesan Vicar for Development and as Regional Vicar of North Manhattan. He returned home in April after a long recovery from an injury and surgical complications.

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