Michael Gerard Duca | |
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Bishop of Baton Rouge | |
Church | Roman Catholic |
Diocese | Baton Rouge |
Appointed | June 26, 2018 |
Installed | August 24, 2018 |
Predecessor | Robert William Muench |
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Orders | |
Ordination | April 29, 1978 by Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe |
Consecration | May 19, 2008 by Alfred Clifton Hughes, Michael Sheehan, and Kevin Farrell |
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Born | |
Motto | Spera in Domino (Hope in the Lord) |
Styles of Michael Gerard Duca | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Michael Gerard Duca (born June 5, 1952) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Baton Rouge in Louisiana since his installation on August 24, 2018. He previously served as the bishop of the Diocese of Shreveport in Louisiana from 2008 to 2018.