David Eugene Fellhauer

Styles of David Fellhauer
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

David Eugene Fellhauer (born August 19, 1939) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church serving as the second and current Bishop of Victoria in Texas.

Biography

David Fellhauer was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and ordained to the priesthood on May 29, 1965. He obtained his doctorate in canon law from Saint Paul University in 1979, and did pastoral and curial work in the Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth, during which time he has been accused of having transferred sexually-abusive priests to various posts.^[1]

On April 7, 1990, Fellhauer was appointed the second Bishop of Victoria in Texas by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following May 28 from Archbishop Patrick Flores, with Bishops Thomas Tschoepe and Charles Grahmann serving as co-consecrators. He was given the Role of Law award from the Canon Law Society of America in 1998.

Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, he formerly chaired the Committee on Canonical Affairs.

See also

References

1. ↑ Bishop Accountability. Catholic Bishops and Sex Abuse

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy
• Bishops of Texas
• Diocese of Victoria, Texas

Episcopal succession

Diocese of Victoria in Texas Ordinaries Bishops Charles Victor Grahmann David Eugene Fellhauer Churches Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory Education High Schools Sacred Heart High School, Hallettsville St. Joseph High School, Victoria St. Paul High School, Shiner Catholicism Portal