Gerald Eugene Wilkerson

Gerald Eugene Wilkerson

Most Reverend Gerald Eugene Wilkerson (born October 21, 1939), is a Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Bishop 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 James Cardinal 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.

Bishop Wilkerson currently leads the Archdiocese's San Fernando Pastoral Region with 54 parishes, 12 high schools, 2 hospitals, and 5 missions.

External links

* [http://www.nccbuscc.org/comm/archives/1997/97-244.shtml United States Conference of Catholic Bishops News Release]

* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bwilke.html Catholic-Hierarchy.Org datasheet ]

* [http://www.la-archdiocese.org/about/auxiliaries.html Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles Website]


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