Paul Henry Walsh (August 17, 1937 – October 18, 2014) was an American

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of the

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who served as

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of the

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, USA, from 2003 to 2012.

Biography

Paul H. Walsh was born in

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. He studied at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington D.C. Walsh was ordained a priest on June 9, 1966. Walsh was appointed Titular Bishop of Abtugni and Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre on April 3, 2003, by

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. Paul Henry Walsh was consecrated an auxiliary bishop on May 29, 2003. Pope

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accepted Bishop Walsh's request for retirement as Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre on August 12, 2012.

Life as a diocesan priest

Incardination Date - Diocese of Rockville Centre: 13 December 1984
Associate Pastor of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Centerport, New York (15 June 1983 - 15 June 1988)
Associate Pastor of Saint Patrick's, Smithtown, New York (16 June 1988 - 19 June 1990)
Pastor of Saint Patrick's, Smithtown, New York (20 June 1990 - 24 June 2003)
Pastor of Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Roosevelt, New York (25 June 2003 - June 2009)
In Residence at Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Roosevelt, New York (June 2009 - June 2010)
In Residence at Our Holy Redeemer, Freeport, New York (June 2010 - 18 October 2014

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1937 births 2014 deaths Religious leaders from Brooklyn 21st-century American Roman Catholic titular bishops Catholics from New York (state) {{US-RC-bishop-stub

Biography

Life as a diocesan priest

See also

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