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Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo

Apostolic Administrator of Amarillo

Coat of arms
Coat of arms
Coat of Arms U.S. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston. Coat of Arms The Archepiscopal heraldic achievement or Archbishop's coat of arms is composed of a shield with its charges (symbols), a motto scroll and the external ornamentation. The shield, which is the central and most important feature of any heraldic device, is described (blazoned) in 12th century terms that are archaic to our modern language, and this description is presented as if given by the bearer with the shie
Born
May 23, 1949 Steubenville, Jefferson County, United States
Nationality
United States
Ordained priest
Jul 16, 1977 Castle Shannon, PA, United States
Ordained bishop
Oct 7, 1997 Dioce, United States
Appointed
Feb 13, 2026
Principal consecrator
Lawrence Donald Soens
Co-consecrators
Donald William Wuerl Raymond Leo Burke
Education
Duquesne University The Catholic University of America Pontifical Gregorian University Theological College
Motto
Ave Crux Spes Unica

Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo, Archbishop Emeritus of Galveston-Houston (USA), was born on 23 May 1949 in Steubenville, Ohio. He was ordained a priest on 16 July 1977, and holds a master’s degree in philosophy from the Catholic University of America, and licentiates in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University and in patristics from the Augustinianum. After ordination, he served as parochial vicar in St. Pius X in Pittsburgh, and in 1981 he was appointed assistant Chancellor of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and taught at St. Paul’s Seminary. In 1984 he was called to Rome and served as an official at the Pontifical Congregation for Bishops until December 1990, and from 1986-1989 he was director of Villa Stritch, a residence for American priests working at the Vatican. In 1991 he was nominated assistant Secretary for Education of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and co-Administrator of Madonna del Castello Church in Swissvale, Pennsylvania. On 19 August 1997, he was appointed coadjutor Bishop of Sioux City and ordained on 7 October. On 28 November 1998, he became Bishop of Sioux City. John Paul II appointed him coadjutor Bishop of the then Diocese of Galveston-Houston on 16 January 2004, and on 29 December of that year when the diocese became a Metropolitan Archdiocese, he was raised to the dignity of coadjutor Archbishop. He became Archbishop on 28 February 2006, remaining there until 20 January 2025, when Pope Francis accepted his resignation. Since 2013 he has been Vice-President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). He participated in the XIV Ordinary General Assembly on The Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and Contemporary World (October 2015). He participated in the conclave of March 2013, which elected Pope Francis.