Daniel DiNardo
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Archbishop Daniel DiNardo (born May 23, 1949) is the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. He was named Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston on January 16, 2004. On February 28, 2006 he succeeded Joseph Fiorenza as archbishop upon Pope Benedict XVI's acceptance of Fiorenza's resignation.
[edit] Early life and education
Daniel Nicholas DiNardo was born in Steubenville, Ohio on May 23, 1949 the son of Nicholas and Jane (Green) DiNardo. He has a twin sister, and two other siblings. He attended St. Anne Grade School, Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania (1955-1963), the Bishop’s Latin School, a Jesuit school in Pittsburgh (1963-1967), and then entered St. Paul Seminary and Duquesne University (1967-1969). In 1969 he was awarded the Basselin Scholarship for Philosophy studies at The Catholic University of America and there obtained the B.A. and M.A. Degrees in Philosophy. He is now a member of the Board of Trustees at CUA. He undertook theological studies at North American College, Rome where he earned the S.T.B. Degree at the Gregorian University and the S.T.L. Degree in Patristics at the Augustinanium.
[edit] Priesthood
Archbishop DiNardo was ordained a priest in Pittsburgh on July 16, 1977. He was initially assigned to St. Pius X Parish as parochial vicar. In 1981 he was named assistant chancellor of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and part-time Professor at St. Paul Seminary. In 1984 he was named a staff member of the Congregation for Bishops at the Vatican where he remained until December 1990. During that time he was also Director of the Villa Stritch (1986-1989), the house for American diocesan priests who work for the Holy See. During his time in Rome he also taught the Methodology Seminar for first year theologians at the Gregorian University.
In 1991 he was named Assistant Secretary for Education of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and also served as Co-Administrator of Madonna del Castello Church, Swissvale, Pennsylvania. He became the founding pastor of Sts. John and Paul Church in Franklin Park Township, Pennsylvania in 1994.
[edit] Episcopacy
DiNardo was named Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Sioux City and ordained as a bishop on October 7, 1997, at Nativity Church in Sioux City, Iowa. In January of 2004 he was named Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston. With the elevation of the diocese to an archdiocese, the bishop automatically became Coadjutor Archbishop. On February 28, 2006 Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza. Archbishop DiNardo succeeded him immediately. He is responsible for the estimated 1.3 million Roman Catholics within the Archdiocese; he is assisted by Auxiliary Bishops Joe S. Vasquez and Vincent Rizzotto.
