Richard John Garcia

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Richard John Garcia (born April 24, 1947, San Francisco, California) is an American Roman Catholic bishop. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to be the fourth ordinary bishop of the Diocese of Monterey in California on December 19, 2006, and was installed at a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Roger Mahony on January 30, 2007.

Garcia was ordained to the priesthood on June 15, 1973 for the Archdiocese of San Francisco at Sacred Heart Parish in San Jose, California. When the Diocese of San Jose in California was erected in 1981, Garcia was transfered to the new diocese. He taught at Saint Joseph Minor Seminary in Los Altos and at Saint Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California.[1]

In 1997, while serving as the pastor of Saint Leo the Great Parish in San Jose and as the diocesean director for vocations, Pope John Paul II named Garcia titular bishop of Bapara and auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento. [2] He was ordained to the episcopate on January 28, 1998 at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament; Bishop William Weigand served as his principal consecrator, with Archbishop John R. Quinn and Bishop Pierre DuMaine as his principal co-consecrators.[3] In Sacramento, Garcia served as vicar general and moderator of the curia, vicar for clergy, episcopal vicar for the Hispanic American population, and vicar for education and vocations. [4]


Preceded by
Sylvester Donovan Ryan		 Bishop of Monterey in California
2007–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent

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  1. ^ The Most Reverend Richard J. Garcia; Diocese of Sacramento; January 31, 2001; url accessed December 21, 2006
  2. ^ Bishop Richard John Garcia; Catholic-Hierarchy.org; url accessed December 21, 2006
  3. ^ Ibid.
  4. ^ The Most Reverend Richard J. Garcia

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