Pope appoints new bishop in
Monterey, California (USA)
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| Bishop Daniel Garcia, newly appointed Bishop of Monterey in California.(F DeKarlos) |
Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Daniel E. Garcia,
auxiliary bishop of Austin, TX, as Bishop of the Diocese of Monterey,
California (USA)
Bishop Daniel Garcia, Auxiliary Bishop of Austin, Texas
since 1915, has been appointed by Pope Francis as the Bishop of Monterey in
California.
Bishop Garcia was born in Cameron, Texas in 1960. He was
ordained a priest in 1988 after completing studies at the St Mary’s Seminary
which is part of University of St Thomas in Houston, TX. In 2007 he obtained a
Master’s Degree in Liturgy from St John’s University in Collegeville, MN.
Bishop Garcia has been an associate pastor at St Catherine
of Siena in Austin (1988-90), Cristo Rey in Austin (1990-1991), St Louis in
Austin (1991-92), St Mary Magdalene in Humble (1992-95); and pastor of St
Vincent de Paul in Austin (1995-2014). In 2014 he was appointed Vicar General
and Moderator of the Curia in the Diocese of Austin. A year later he was
appointed auxiliary bishop of Austin.
Bishop Garcia succeeds Bishop Richard Garcia who died in
July 2018.
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