Gerald Eugene Wilkerson
Male, Person
1939 –
Who is Gerald Eugene Wilkerson?
Gerald Eugene Wilkerson, is an Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Gerald Wilkerson grew up in Long Beach, California. He attended St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, California and was ordained a priest on January 5, 1965 by Cardinal James Francis McIntyre. He served in the archdiocese as associate pastor at Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Habra; St. Michael, Los Angeles and American Martyrs, Manhattan Beach, and for 15 years at Our Lady of Grace Church, Encino as administrator and then pastor.
On November 5, 1997, he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as the Titular Bishop of Vincennes and auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles. He was consecrated a bishop on January 21, 1998. Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles, was his principal consecrator, while Bishop Michael P. Driscoll, Bishop of Boise and Bishop Joseph M. Sartoris, were his principal co-consecrators.
Wilkerson currently leads the Archdiocese's San Fernando Pastoral Region with 54 parishes, 12 high schools, two hospitals, and five missions.
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- Born
- Oct 21, 1939
Des Moines - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- St. John's Seminary
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on July 23, 2013
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