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NAME: HURLEY, Walter A.

BORN:           May 30, 1937; Fredericton
                     New Brunswick, Canada

EDUCATION: Church Point, Nova Scotia, Canada
                     Sacred Heart Seminary (B.A.)
                     St. John's Sem., M. Div. Theology
                     U. of Detroit, Graduate Studies in Ed.
                     Catholic U. of America (J.C.L. 1984),
                     Graduate Studies in Canon Law

ORDINATION: Blessed Sacrament Cathedral; June 5, 1965




   
APPOINTMENTS:  
1965-69
Associate Pastor, St. Dorothy, Warren
1969-72
Vicar, Warren-Centerline
1972-1976

Pastor, St. Cyprian, Riverview

1976-1979
Pastor, Sacred Heart, Roseville
1979-82
Pastor, St. Lucy, St. Clair Shores
1984-89
Judicial Vicar (Officialis), Metropolitan Tribunal
Archdiocese of Detroit, MI
1986-1990
Moderator of the Curia, Archdiocese of Detroit, MI
1990-2003
Pastor, Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Farmington
1995-2001

Cardinal's Delegate and Project Manager for construction

of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington, DC
1988-1995,
    2002-2005
Delegate of Cardinal Maida for matters relating to issues
of sexual abuse by Clergy and Religious
2003-2005
Titular Bishop of Cunavia
Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit, MI
  Regional Bishop for the Northwest Region, Detroit, MI
June 21, 2005 Appointed Bishop of Grand Rapids
August 4, 2005 Installed Bishop of Grand Rapids

 

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