Pierre DuMaine

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Pierre DuMaine

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Roland Pierre DuMaine (b. August 2, 1931) is an American Roman Catholic bishop. He was the Bishop of San Jose in California for the first 18 years of the diocese. Bishop DuMaine attended St. Joseph College, Mountain View, California, and St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California. Bishop DuMaine was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco on June 15, 1957. He earned his doctorate in education at The Catholic University of America in 1961 where he served as Assistant Professor until 1963.

From 1963 through 1965 Bishop DuMaine taught at Junípero Serra High School. He then served as Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of San Francisco from 1965-78. Bishop DuMaine was named Prelate of Honor on July 18, 1972.

He was named an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Fancisco and ordained to the episcopate in San Francisco, California on June 29, 1978. He was the founding Director of Catholic Television Network in Menlo Park from 1978-1981. On January 27, 1981, Bishop DuMaine was named by Pope John Paul II to be the first bishop of the new Diocese of San Jose where he was installed officially on March 18, 1981. His request to retire was accepted by the Holy Father on November 27, 1999.

Since retirement Bishop DuMaine has remained active in national Bishops’ Committees for Science and Human Values and for Women in Society and the Church. He has participated in dialogues and conferences on Science and Religion, and has taught in Religious Studies Departments of Stanford University and Santa Clara University. Santa Clara has appointed him Presidential Professor of Catholic Theology.