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Bishop Walter
A. Hurley Biography
Bishop Walter A. Hurley was born May 30, 1937
in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. He is the son of Charles
R. Hurley and Anne Elizabeth Ball (both deceased). He has
four sisters and a brother: Elizabeth Deal, Gerald Hurley,
Eileen Godin, Charlene Soleau and Annette Burt.
Bishop Hurley attended St. Dunstan Grade School
in Fredericton, and St. Anne High School, Church Point, Nova
Scotia. He moved to Detroit in 1955. He graduated from Sacred
Heart Seminary in 1961 (B.A.) and St. John’s Seminary,
Plymouth, Michigan 1965 (M.Div.).
Following ordination to the priesthood June
05, 1965 by Archbishop (later Cardinal) John F. Dearden, he
was assigned as associate pastor, St. Dorothy Parish, Warren.
He served as Vicar for the Warren-Centerline Vicariate. In
1972, he became pastor of St. Cyprian’s Parish, Riverview
(1972-76), then Sacred Heart Parish, Roseville (1976-1979),
and St. Lucy Parish, St. Clair Shores (1979-1982).
At the invitation of Archbishop (later Cardinal)
Edmund Szoka, he began graduate studies at the Catholic University
of America, Washington, D.C. earning a license in canon law
(J.C.L) in 1984. Upon returning to Detroit, he served as Judicial
Vicar of the Metropolitan Tribunal from 1984-1989. In addition,
he served as Moderator of the Curia for the Archdiocese from
1986-1990. In 1990, he was designated a Prelate of Honor with
the title of Monsignor by His Holiness Pope John Paul II.
In 1994, he became a member of the Equestrian Order of the
Holy Sepulcher.
In 1990, Bishop Hurley was appointed pastor
of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Farmington, Michigan, where
he served until November of 2003. From 1988-1995, and again
from 2002 to the present, he has served as Delegate of the
Cardinal for Clergy Misconduct issues. From 1995-2001, he
was the Cardinal’s Delegate and project manager for
the construction of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center
in Washington, D.C.
Bishop Hurley was ordained the 22nd Auxiliary
Bishop of the Archdiocese on August 12, 2003. He was named
the Bishop of the Titular See of Cunavia. Bishop Hurley had
responsibility for the Northwest Region of the Archdiocese
encompassing Oakland and Lapeer Counties.
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI appointed him
Bishop of Grand Rapids June 21, 2005. Bishop Hurley was installed
on August 4, 2005.
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