Michael Duca
Michael Gerard Duca (born June 5, 1952) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as bishop of the Diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana since his installation on August 24, 2018.
Michael Gerard Duca | |
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Bishop of Baton Rouge | |
Church | Roman Catholic |
Archdiocese | New Orleans |
Diocese | Baton Rouge |
Appointed | June 26, 2018 |
Installed | August 24, 2018 |
Predecessor | Robert William Muench |
Orders | |
Ordination | April 29, 1978 by Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe |
Consecration | May 19, 2008 by Alfred Clifton Hughes, Michael Sheehan, and Kevin Farrell |
Personal details | |
Born | Dallas, Texas | June 5, 1952
Previous post | Bishop of Shreveport |
Motto | HOPE IN THE LORD (Spera in Domino) |
Styles of Michael Gerard Duca | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Biography
Duca attended elementary and secondary school in Dallas and graduated from Bishop Lynch High School in 1970. He attended Holy Trinity Seminary from 1970 to 1978, and while there received a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master of divinity degree in theology from the adjacent University of Dallas.
Duca was ordained a priest on 29 April 1978 in Dallas, Texas. He was educated in the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) training as a canonist.
He served the Diocese of Dallas as a vocations director, chaplain at Dallas' Southern Methodist University both from 1985 to 1992. Before his appointment as bishop, he was the rector of Dallas' Holy Trinity Seminary.
Bishop of Shreveport
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He was appointed as Bishop of Shreveport by Pope Benedict XVI on 1 April 2008[1] and raised to the episcopate on 19 May. He was consecrated bishop of the Shreveport diocese at the Shreveport Convention Center, with approximately 3,000 people in attendance.
Duca was one of the regular panelists on the American Religious Townhall. Diocese of Shreveport celebrated its 25th anniversary on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at the Shreveport Convention Center.
Bishop of Baton Rouge
Duca was appointed by Pope Francis as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Baton Rouge, succeeding Bishop Robert William Muench, who retired. He was installed as Baton Rouge's bishop on August 24, 2018.[2]
See also
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References
- Msgr. Michael Duca appointed as bishop for Diocese of Shreveport Catholic News Agency, April 1, 2008
- Bishop Michael Duca appointed sixth bishop of Baton Rouge by Pope Francis The Advocate, June 26, 2018
External links
Episcopal succession
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Preceded by Robert William Muench |
Bishop of Baton Rouge 2018–Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Preceded by William Benedict Friend |
Bishop of Shreveport 2008–2018 |
Succeeded by Francis Ignatius Malone |