1. Roland Pierre DuMaine was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of San Jose in California from 1981 to 1999.
13 Facts About Pierre DuMaine
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Pierre DuMaine served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco from 1978 to 1981.
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Pierre DuMaine attended St Joseph College in Mountain View, California and Saint Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California.
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Pierre DuMaine was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco on June 15,1957.
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Pierre DuMaine earned his Doctor of Education degree at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, in 1961, where he served as assistant professor until 1963.
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From 1963 through 1965, Pierre DuMaine taught at Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo.
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Pierre DuMaine then served as assistant superintendent and superintendent of schools for the archdioceses from 1965 to 1978.
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Pierre DuMaine was named prelate of honor on July 18,1972.
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Pierre DuMaine was named an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and consecrated in San Francisco, California on June 29,1978.
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Pierre DuMaine was the founding director of Catholic Television Network in Menlo Park from 1978 to 1981.
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On January 27,1981, Pierre DuMaine was named by Pope John Paul II the first bishop of the new Diocese of San Jose, where he was installed on March 18,1981.
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Pierre DuMaine participated in dialogues and conferences on science and religion, and taught in the Religious Studies departments of Stanford University and Santa Clara University.
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Pierre DuMaine died on June 13,2019, in Sunnyvale, California at age 87.