Robert Francis Vasa | |
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Bishop of Santa Rosa | |
Archdiocese | San Francisco |
Diocese | Santa Rosa |
Appointed | January 24, 2011 |
Installed | June 30, 2011 |
Predecessor | Daniel F. Walsh |
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Orders | |
Ordination | May 22, 1976 by Glennon Patrick Flavin |
Consecration | January 26, 2000 by John George Vlazny, Thomas Joseph Connolly, and Fabian Bruskewitz |
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Born | |
Motto | Unless a grain of wheat |
Styles of Robert Francis Vasa | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Robert Francis Vasa (born May 7, 1951) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. On Monday, January 24, 2011, Vasa was named the coadjutor bishop to Bishop Daniel F. Walsh of the Diocese of Santa Rosa in California by Pope Benedict XVI. Until then, he had been the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Baker in Oregon. On June 30, 2011, Walsh's resignation was accepted by Benedict XVI and Vasa succeeded him as bishop.