Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Walsh of New York

WASHINGTON—PopeFrancis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerald T. Walsh, AuxiliaryBishop of the Archdiocese of New York, for reasons of age. He has reached theretirement age for bishops of 75.

BishopWalsh's retirement was publicized in Washington, September 5, by Msgr. WalterErbi, Chargé d'Affaires at the Apostolic Nunciature in the United States.

GeraldT. Walsh was born April 25, 1942, in New York. He pursued seminary studies atSt. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York, where he earned a bachelor's degreein philosophy and a masters of divinity. He also holds a master's degree in social work from Fordham University.He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New York on May 27, 1967 and wasappointed auxiliary bishop of New York on June 28, 2004.

Assignmentsafter ordination include: serving as Parochial Vicar of Holy Trinity Church inNew York, 2004-2012. He also held assignments with the Cathedral PreparatorySeminary, the Ladies of Charity, and the New York Chapter of the Knights ofColumbus. In 2012 he also served as Vicar for Clergy and Episcopal Vicar forRockland, Central Westchester, South Shore, and Yonkers vicariates. In 2007, hewas appointed rector of St. Joseph Seminary; and since 1979, he has served asboard member for numerous Catholic and community agencies. Since 2013, he has served as vicar general ofthe archdiocese.

TheArchdiocese of New York comprises 4,683 square miles. It has a total populationof 5,872,756 people of which 2,642,740 or 45 percent, are Catholic.Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan is the current Archbishop of the Archdiocese of NewYork.

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Keywords:Pope Francis, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, USCCB, Auxiliary Bishop GeraldWalsh, retirement, Archdiocese of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan

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