The Bishop may be contacted by phone at 707-566-3325
or via email through Pam Hawkins, the Assistant to the Bishop.

Priestly Ordination and Assignments
• Date of Priestly Ordination: March 30, 1963
• Place: Mission Dolores Basilica, Archdiocese of San Francisco
• Associate Pastor. St. Pius, Redwood City, CA: 1963-1964
• Priest-student, Catholic University of America: 1964-1965
• Teacher, Serra High School, San Mateo, CA: 1966-1970
• Assistant Chancellor, Archdiocese of San Francisco: 1970-1976
• Secretary to Archbishop: 1976-1978
• Chancellor, Archdiocese of San Francisco: 1978-1981
• Vicar General, Archdiocese of San Francisco: 1981-1987

Episcopal Appointments
• Date of Episcopal Appointment: June 30, 1981
• Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of San Francisco, Titular See Tigia
• Date of Episcopal Ordination: September 24, 1981
• Place: St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
• Bishop of Reno-Las Vegas: June 9, 1987
• Date installed: August 6, 1987
• Bishop of Las Vegas: March 21, 1995
• Date installed: June 22, 1995
• Bishop of Santa Rosa: May 2000