1. Daniel Nicholas DiNardo was born on May 23,1949 and is an American Catholic retired prelate who served as Archbishop of Galveston-Houston from 2006 to 2025.
24 Facts About Daniel DiNardo
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Daniel DiNardo previously served as Coadjutor and later Bishop of Sioux City from 1997 to 2004.
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On November 12,2013, DiNardo was elected vice president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and on November 15,2016, was elected its president.
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Daniel DiNardo was elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007.
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Daniel DiNardo is the first cardinal from a diocese in the Southern United States.
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Daniel DiNardo was born on May 23,1949, in Steubenville, Ohio, to Nicholas and Jane DiNardo.
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Daniel DiNardo attended St Anne Elementary School in Castle Shannon from 1955 to 1963, and graduated from the Jesuit Bishop's Latin School in 1967.
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Daniel DiNardo then entered St Paul Seminary at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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In 1969, Daniel DiNardo was accepted as a Basselin Scholar in philosophy at the Theological College at Catholic University of America in Washington, DC He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy in 1971 and a Master of Philosophy degree in 1972.
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Daniel DiNardo was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Pittsburgh by Bishop Leonard on July 16,1977.
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In 1981, Leonard named Daniel DiNardo as named assistant chancellor of the diocese and part-time professor at St Paul Seminary.
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In 1984, Daniel DiNardo worked in Rome as a staff member of the Congregation for Bishops in the Roman Curia.
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Daniel DiNardo received his episcopal consecration on October 7,1997, from Soens with Bishops Donald Wuerl and Raymond Burke serving as co-consecrators, in the Church of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Daniel DiNardo succeeded Soens as the sixth bishop of Sioux City upon the latter's resignation on November 28,1998.
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Daniel DiNardo was later named coadjutor bishop of Galveston-Houston, by John Paul II on January 16,2004.
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When Pope Benedict XVI accepted the retirement of Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza, Daniel DiNardo succeeded him as the second archbishop of Galveston-Houston on February 28,2006.
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Daniel DiNardo was created cardinal-priest of Sant' Eusebio Church in Rome during the consistory of November 24,2007.
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In January 2009, Daniel DiNardo was named to the Pontifical Council for Culture.
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Daniel DiNardo is a board member of the National Catholic Partnership for Persons with Disabilities.
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Daniel DiNardo is a board member of Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, an advisor to the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, a member of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People and a member of the Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee the Use of the Catechism for the USCCB DiNardo is the grand prior of the South West Lieutenancy of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, a papal order of knighthood, in which he holds the rank of knight grand cross.
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Daniel DiNardo was a cardinal elector who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that selected Pope Francis.
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In November 2014, at the USCCB fall meeting, Daniel DiNardo was elected as a delegate to the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family, pending Vatican approval.
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Daniel DiNardo was criticized for allowing Keller to offer mass publicly at his parish the morning after the list was released.
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Daniel DiNardo wears hearing aids because calcium deposits in his ears have impaired his hearing.