![]() Maher, then-Father Dolan’s first assignment was as an associate pastor at St. Ordained to the priesthood July 1, 1989, by San Diego Bishop Leo T. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park, California. He earned a master’s degree in divinity and theology at St. Francis Seminary and the University of San Diego, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy. Mary Magdalene Parish in San Diego and graduated from University High School in 1981. Growing up in San Diego, he attended the School of the Madeleine at St. John Patrick Dolan was born June 8, 1962, and is the seventh of nine children in his family, born to Catherine and Gerald Dolan. “Please pray for all three of us as we journey together on mission in Christ!” Nevares for warmly welcoming him to the Arizona diocese. He also thanked Bishop Olmsted and Phoenix Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. “San Diego is blessed to have these men of God.” McElroy, bishop of San Diego, and Auxiliary Bishop Ramón Bejarano with whom I have shared a common joy in the Lord,” Bishop Dolan said. “I am particularly grateful to Cardinal-designate Robert W. He thanked God for blessing him with the love of his parents and family, friends, the many priests, deacons, religious and parishioners in the San Diego Diocese, “and all with whom I served.” “I cannot begin to express my thanks to God for his goodness to me throughout my life and I enter this new chapter with a renewed commitment to love and serve the Lord and his church with my whole heart, soul and strength.” “My heart is filled with joy on this day as Pope Francis appoints me to serve as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix,” Bishop Dolan said in a statement. The changes were announced June 10 in Washington by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the U.S. He serves as the diocese’s vicar general, moderator of the curia and vicar for clergy. Dolan of San Diego.īishop Olmstead, who has headed the Phoenix Diocese since 2003, is at the age when canon law requires bishops to submit their resignation to the pope.īishop Dolan, who turned 60 June 8, has been a San Diego auxiliary since 2017. Olmsted of Phoenix, 75, and named as his successor Auxiliary Bishop John P. WASHINGTON (CNS) - Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Thomas J. ![]()
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