Michael Gerard Duca

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Coat of arms of Michael Gerard Duca as Bishop of Baton Rouge
Coat of arms of Michael Gerard Duca as Bishop of Shreveport

Michael Gerard Duca (born June 5, 1952 in Dallas ) is an American clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Baton Rouge .

Life

The Bishop of Dallas , Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe , ordained him a priest on April 29, 1978 .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on April 1, 2008 Bishop of Shreveport . The Archbishop of New Orleans , Alfred Clifton Hughes , donated him episcopal ordination on May 19 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Michael Jarboe Sheehan , Archbishop of Santa Fe , and Kevin Joseph Farrell , Bishop of Dallas.

Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Baton Rouge on June 26, 2018. The inauguration took place on August 24th of the same year.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Baton Rouge (USA) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , June 26, 2018, accessed June 27, 2018 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
Robert William Muench Bishop of Baton Rouge
since 2018 		---
William Benedict Friend Bishop of Shreveport
2008–2018 		Francis Malone
personal data
SURNAME Duca, Michael Gerard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duca, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Baton Rouge
DATE OF BIRTH 5th June 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Dallas