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| Daniel Cardinal DiNardo | Archbishop José H. Gomez |
| Bishop Patrick Zurek | Bishop Gregory Aymond | Bishop Curtis John Guillory |
| Bishop Raymundo J. Peña | Bishop Edmond Carmody | Bishop Kevin J. Farrell |
| Bishop Armando Ochoa | Bishop Kevin W. Vann | Bishop James Tamayo |
| Bishop Plácido Rodríguez | Bishop Michael Pfeifer | Bishop Álvaro Corrada |
| Bishop David E. Fellhauer |
Auxiliary and Emeritus Bishops
Daniel Cardinal DiNardo,
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston Daniel Cardinal DiNardo became the ordinary or chief shepherd of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston on February 28, 2006 when Pope Benedict XVI officially approved the retirement of Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza. DiNardo was welcomed as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston on March 26, 2004. The appointment by Pope John Paul II made him the immediate successor to Bishop Fiorenza as the pastoral leader of the 1.3 million Catholics in the Diocese of Galveston-Houston. When Galveston-Houston was designated an archdiocese by Pope John Paul II on December 29, 2004, Bishop DiNardo was also elevated to archbishop coadjutor. He was elevated to Cardinal on November 24, 2007.
Cardinal DiNardo was born in Steubenville, Ohio, on May 23, 1949, the son of Nicholas and Jane (Green) DiNardo. Cardinal DiNardo was ordained a priest on July 16, 1977 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and assigned to St. Pius X Church, Pittsburgh, as Parochial Vicar. He became Diocesan Ordinary on November 28, 1998.Archbishop DiNardo currently serves on the Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee the Use of the Catechism for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He also serves as the USCCB Advisor to the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and the National Catholic Partnership for Persons with Disabilities, Washington, D.C.
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, Archbishop of San Antonio Most Rev. José H. Gomez, S.T.D., was installed Archbishop of San Antonio on February 15, 2005, at San Fernando Cathedral. Pope Benedict XVI conferred the Pallium on Archbishop Gomez in Rome, on June 29, 2005. Archbishop Gomez had served as Auxiliary Bishop of Denver, Moderator of the Curia, Vicar General and Pastor of Mother of God Church since 2001. Archbishop Gomez was born on December 26, 1951, in Monterrey, Mexico, the son of Dr. José H. Gomez and Esperanza Velasco, both deceased. Archbishop Gomez was ordained a priest of the Opus Dei Prelature on August 15, 1978, by late Cardinal Franz Konig, Archbishop Emeritus of Vienna, at the Shrine of Torrecuidad, Spain. For his Episcopal motto, Archbishop Gomez chose a scriptural passage from the Letter to the Hebrews: "Let us go forth with confidence to the Throne of Grace." (Heb. 4:16) Archbishop Gomez presently serves on the following boards and committees: Chair: Ad Hoc Committee on the Spanish Language Bible for the Church in America (USCCB), 2003; Committee on Doctrine (USCCB), 2002; Committee on Hispanic Affairs (USCCB), 2002; Committee for Priestly Life & Ministry (USCCB), 2003; Board of Directors of the Catholic Legal Immigration, Inc.; Committee on Catechesis (USCCB), 2005; Hispanic Liturgy Subcommittee (USCCB), 2005; Trustee Historical Centre Foundation, San Fernando Cathedral; Board of Directors of Assumption Seminary.
 Bishop Patrick J. Zurek, STL was born in Sealy, Texas to Arnold and Victoria (Bohac) Zurek on August 17, 1948. He was ordained as Deacon at North American College Seminary in Vatican City State on May 9, 1974. On June 29, 1975 he was ordained into the priesthood at St. Peter's Basilica by Principle Consecrator Pope Paul VI. He began serving as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio in 1998 and was installed as Bishop of Amarillo on February 22, 2008.
Bishop Zurek serves served as a liaison for the National Advisory Council (USCCB) from 999-2002, the Committee on Evangelization (USCCB) from 1999-2003, and currently serves on the USCCB Planning Committee to develop New Spanish Bible for USCCB, CCC, and CELAM.
Bishop Zurek can speak English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Czech.
Bishop Gregory Aymond, Bishop of Austin
Bishop Gregory Aymond was born on Nov. 12, 1949 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He graduated from Notre Dame Seminary in 1975 with a master’s of divinity degree. After graduating from the seminary he engaged in further studies at Loyola’s Institute for Ministry. Bishop Aymond was ordained to the priesthood on May 10, 1975. Bishop Aymond was ordained auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans on Jan. 10, 1997 and the titular bishop of the Diocese of Acolla. He was appointed as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Austin on June 2, 2000 and became the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Austin on Jan. 2, 2001. Bishop Aymond has also served the church on the national and international level. He is immediate past chair of the National Catholic Educational Association's board of directors, chair of the USCCB's Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People, and a member of bishops' committees regarding campus ministry, education, laity and world missions.
Bishop Curtis Guillory, S.V.D. Bishop of Beaumont Bishop Curtis John Guillory became the fifth bishop of the 34-year-old Beaumont Diocese on July 28, 2000. He is the first Beaumont bishop to be a member of a religious community. He is a member of the Society of the Divine Word. While an active bishop, he remains a member of that community but is not under its jurisdiction. Curtis John Guillory was born to Wilfred and Theresa Guillory on September 1, 1943, in Mallet, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. He is the oldest of 16 children (six sons, ten daughters); all but one are still living. His ordination was at his home parish of St. Ann in Mallet on December 16, 1972, by Bishop Carlos Lewis, a member of the Divine Word Community, of Panama. Father Guillory was announced as auxiliary bishop of the Galveston-Houston Diocese on December 29, 1987, and ordained on February 19, 1988. The bishop, whose French name means "Little William," chose for his episcopal motto Romans 8:28: "For those who love God, all things work together for good."Bishop Guillory also served on the national committee on Hispanic Affairs and Priestly Life and Ministry, and the boards of Sacred Heart Seminary and Xavier University. His civic services include the board of the YMCA, the Mental Health Association, and the Harris County Hospital District.
Bishop Raymundo J. Peña, Bishop of Brownsville Bishop Raymundo J. Peña was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on Feb. 19, 1934 to parents Cosme A. Peña and Elisa Ramon Peña. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 25, 1957 at Corpus Christi Cathedral in Corpus Christi, Texas by the Most Reverend Mariano S. Garriaga, D.D., LL.D. He was named the titular Bishop of Trisipa and Auxiliary to the Archbishop of San Antonio on October 16, 1976. Bishop Peña was ordained Bishop on Dec. 13, 1976, Convention Center Arena, near San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas. On April 29, 1980, he was appointed bishop of El Paso where he served for 15 years. Bishop Peña was appointed the 5th bishop of Brownsville on May 23, 1995, and installed as Bishop of Brownsville on August 6, 1995.Bishop Peña has served as Chairman, Bishop’s Committee for Church in Latin America, a member of the Pastoral Response to the Challenge of Proselytism Committee, and was appointed by the Vatican on the Pre Synod Council - Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishop for America, as a Synod Father - Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishop for America.
Bishop Edmund Carmody, D.D., Bishop of Corpus Christi
Bishop Edmond Carmody, the second of a family of thirteen children of Michael Carmody and Mary Stack, was born in Moyvane, County Kerry, Ireland, on January 12, 1934. In September of 1951, he entered the Major Seminary of St. Patrick in Carlow, where he was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of San Antonio on June 8, 1957. In 1983, Bishop Carmody went with the St. James Society as a Missionary to Latin America, where he worked for five years as a Missionary in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Only a few days before completing his five-year Missionary assignment there, he was called home by Archbishop Patrick Flores because Pope John Paul II appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio. He was ordained as a Bishop on December 15, 1988. Bishop Carmody served as Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio from 1988 until 1992. On May 25, 1992, he was installed Bishop of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas. On February 3, 2000, Pope John Paul II named Bishop Carmody Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas. He was installed the seventh Bishop on March 17, 2000. Bishop Carmody currently serves as a member on the Marriage and Family Life Committee for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. At the November 2000 meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Carmody was elected Chairman of the Church in Latin America Committee Bishop Carmody served on the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Adhoc Hoc Committee on Economic Concerns of the Holy See (Jan. 2001) and the USCC Bishops' Committee on World Mission (Nov. 2001)
Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, Bishop of Dallas
Bishop Kevin J. Farrell was appointed Seventh Bishop of Dallas on March 6, 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. He will succeed Bishop Charles V. Grahmann who has served as Sixth Bishop of Dallas since July 15, 1990 and offered his resignation last July 15 on his 75th birthday. Installation ceremonies for Bishop Farrell will be May 1, 2007, at 2 p.m., at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Bishop Kevin Joseph Farrell was born in Dublin, Ireland in September 1947. One of four boys, he graduated from the Irish Christian Brothers High School in Drimnagh, Dublin. He entered the novitiate of the Legionnaires of Christ in 1966 and received an M.A. in Philosophy and an S.T.L. in Theology after studies in Rome.
After being ordained to the priesthood in Rome on December 24, 1978, then-Father Farrell was assigned to be the chaplain for the University of Monterrey in Mexico. While there, he conducted seminars in bioethics and social ethics.
Bishop Farrell first visited the United States in 1967 while raising funds for the missions of Latin America through the Propagation of the Faith. His first assignment in the Archdiocese of Washington was as associate pastor at St. Peter, Olney in 1984. He then served at St. Bartholomew in Bethesda and St. Thomas the Apostle in Washington, DC.
In 1986, he was chosen by Cardinal James A. Hickey to be the director of the Spanish Catholic Center, an agency of the Archdiocese of Washington that primarily serves the Hispanic community and new immigrants through legal assistance, education, employment assistance and health care. In 1987, Bishop Farrell also became assistant executive director of Catholic Charities and then was named the interim director in 1988.
From 1989 to March 2001, he served as Secretary of Finance for the Archdiocese of Washington. He was named a Prelate of Honor, with the title of Monsignor, in 1995 by Pope John Paul II. From October 2000 to March 2002, he was pastor of Annunciation parish in Northwest Washington, DC. Since March 2001, he has served as vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Archdiocese of Washington. He was ordained an auxiliary bishop in Washington, DC on February 11, 2002.
Bishop Farrell is fluent in Italian and Spanish. His brother, Bishop Brian Farrell, is on staff at the Vatican.
Bishop Armando X. Ochoa, DD, Bishop of El Paso
Bishop Ochoa serves on the Bishops’ Migration Committee and participated in a Delegation on Compassionate Mission to the Border in October, 2006. The Bishop works to further many causes including diocesan foster-care programs and responsible water use.
Bishop Kevin Vann, Bishop of Fort Worth
Bishop Kevin W. Vann was ordained and installed as the third bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth on Wednesday, July 13, 2005, at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum at Texas Christian University.
Appointed Bishop-designate of Fort Worth in May of 2005, he served as vicar for priests of the diocese and on the diocesan Committee for Hispanic Ministry, the Commission for the Care of Infirm and Retired Priests, the Priests’ Personnel Board, and the Presbyteral Council.
Bishop Vann was born on May 10, 1951 and is the oldest of six children. He was ordained in the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois on May 30, 1981. He served as the pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish in Springfield—incidentally the church that he was baptized in and that his parents were married in! Bishop Vann has received two degrees from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, a licentiate and a doctorate in canon law and has also studied Spanish in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Bishop James A. Tamayo, Bishop of Laredo Bishop James Tamayo was born October 23, 1949 in Brownsville, Texas. He was ordained to the priesthood June 11, 1976 at Corpus Christi Cathedral - Corpus Christi, Texas by
Most Reverend Thomas J. Drury, D.D. He was ordained Titular Bishop of Ita and Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston on March 10, 1993 at the Sam Houston Coliseum - Houston, Texas. Bishop Tamayo was installed as the first Bishop of the new Diocese of Laredo on August 9, 2000. He has served as Chairman of the Bishops’ Committee on Hispanic Affairs, Vice President, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., Board of Directors, the National Episcopal Advisor, Cursillo Movement and a member of the Committee on the Home Missions, the Liturgy Subcommittee on Spanish Language Text, the Bishops' Committee on Hispanic Affairs (1999- present), the Bishops' Subcommittee on Hispanic Liturgy (1999 - present), the Bishops' Committee on Pastoral Practices (1999 - present), the subcommittee on Youth of the Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women & Youth (1996 - 1999), the USCCB International Policy Committee 1996-1999), the NCCB/USSS National Advisory Council (1996-1999), and the NCCB/USCCB Administrative Board (1996-1999).
Bishop Plácido Rodríguez, CMF, Bishop of Lubbock
Bishop Plácido Rodríguez was born on October 11, 1940, the 11th of 14 children born to Eutemio and Maria Concepción Rodriguez. He attended Celaya’s Colegio Vasco de Quiroga, a Catholic elementary school, until January 13, 1953 when his father and mother emigrated to Chicago with their six youngest children. Bishop Rodríguez was ordained a Claretian priest in Chicago. He was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago where he served in this role for 8 years before being appointed the third bishop of the diocese of Lubbock in 1995. Bishop Rodríguez currently serves as Chairman of the Bishops' Committee on Hispanic Affairs.
Bishop Michael D. Pfeifer, OMI, Bishop of San Angelo
Bishop Michael Pfeifer was born in Alamo, Texas in the Diocese of Brownsville on M ay 18, 1937. He was ordained a priest for the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate on December 21, 1964. Bishop Pfeifer served as an Oblate priest in various assignments, including many years as a missionary in Mexico. He was elected Provincial of the Southern Province of the Oblates, and while in that position was named Fifth Bishop of San Angelo by Pope John Paul II on May 31, 1985. He was consecrated a Bishop and installed in San Angelo on July 26, 1985
Bishop Álvaro Corrada, S.J., Bishop of Tyler Bishop Álvaro Corrada was born in Sunturce, Puerto Rico in 1942, Bishop Corrada received his first formation at the public schools of his hometown, Morovis, Puerto Rico. In 1960 he joined the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), New York Province at St. Andrew on Hudson, Poughkeepsie, New York. The Most Reverend Miguel Rodriguez, CSsR, ordained him a priest on July 6, 1974 at his hometown of Morovis, Puerto Rico. His Holiness John Paul II named him Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, D.C. on May 30, 1985 and was ordained Bishop on August 4, 1985 by His Eminence Cardinal James Hickey, Archbishop of Washington, D.C. at the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C. In 1997 His Holiness, John Paul II appointed Bishop Corrada, Apostolic Administrator Sede Plena of the Diocese of Caguas, Puerto Rico. In 1998 Bishop Corrada was appointed Apostolic Administrator Sede Vacante of the Diocese. On December 5, 2000 His Holiness John Paul II appointed Bishop Corrada, third Bishop of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas. His installation took place in Tyler on the 30th of January 2001.
Bishop David E. Fellhauer, Bishop of Victoria
Bishop David E. Fellhauer was born August 19, 1939 in Kansas City, MO. He was ordained a priest for the (then) Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth on May 29, 1965. He was appointed the second Bishop of the Diocese of Victoria on April 7, 1990 and ordained and installed as the Bishop of the Diocese of Victoria in Texas on May 28, 1990.
Bishop Fellhauer received a doctorate in Canon Law from Saint Paul University in 1979. He received the Role of Law award from the Canon Law Society of America 29 years later in 1998 and serves on the Committee on Canonical Affairs for the USCCB.
Auxiliary and Emeritus Bishops
Archbishop Emeritus Joseph A. Fiorenza
Archbishop Emeritus Patrick F. Flores
Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Flanagan, DD
Bishop Emeritus Rene H. Gracida, DD
Bishop Charles Grahmann, Bishop of Dallas Bishop Emeritus Charles Grahmann is a native of Hallettsville, Texas, one of eleven children, five of whom had religious vocations. He was born on July 15, 1931. Attended St. John and Assumption Seminaries in San Antonio, and was ordained to the priesthood on March 17, 1951. He served in many capacities for the Archdiocese of San Antonio, including Vicar General and Auxiliary Bishop. He was consecrated bishop in 1982 and was installed as first Bishop of Victoria that year. In 1990 he was appointed co-adjutor Bishop of Dallas and succeeded Most Rev. Thomas Tschoepe as bishop on July 14, 1990. In 2006 Bishop Grahmann will celebrate the triple jubilee of 25 years as a bishop, 50 years as a priest, and his 75th birthday.
Bishop Emeritus John McCarthy Bishop Emeritus John McCarthy was born June 21, 1930, in Houston to George McCarthy and Grace O'Brien McCarthy (both deceased). He graduated from St. Thomas High School in Houston; received his bachelor's degree from University of St. Thomas in Houston in 1956; and a master's in theology from University of St. Thomas in Houston in 1979. Bishop McCarthy was ordained to the priesthood May 25, 1956 and ordained to office of bishop March 14, 1979 in Houston. On February 26, 1986 he was installed as bishop of the Austin Diocese and retired January 2, 2001.
Auxiliary Bishop Bernard F. Popp. DD
Auxiliary Bishop Vincent M. Rizzotto, DD, J.C.L
Auxiliary Bishop Joe S. Vasquez
Bishop John Yanta, Bishop of Amarillo Bishop Emeritus John W. Yanta was born October 2, 1931 to John Andrew Yanta and Mary Magdelen Pollok near Runge, Texas, the fifth of eight children. He was ordained to the priesthood March 17, 1956 at San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio. Bishop Yanta was elevated to the title of monsignor November 29, 1989 and ordained auxiliary bishop of San Antonio and titular bishop of Naratcata December 30, 1994 in an outdoor Mass in Panna Maria, Texas. On January 21, 1997 Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Yanta to the Diocese of Amarillo. He was installed March 17, 1997. Bishop Yanta is the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Amarillo.As auxiliary bishop, he served on committees for the United States Catholic Conference of Bishop’s (USCCB), including Migration and Refugee Services, Marriage and Family Life, and he was liaison of the Migrant Farm Workers by an annual visit to workers’ locations around the nations. Bishop Yanta was named as a member of the Catholic Relief Service Board of Directors in 2000. He was also a member of the board of directors for the Kenedy Memorial Foundation. Bishop Yanta is also a member of the board for St. Joseph and St. Peter Seminary in the Diocese of Brownsville, which was dedicated May 1, 2000.In 2006 Bishop John W. Yanta celebrated two anniversaries: 50 years as a priest on March 17th and 75 years of life on October 2, 2006.
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