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Bishop Michael Gerard Duca

Bishop of Baton Rouge

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Coat of arms of the U.S. bishop Michael Gerard Duca, Bishop of Baton Rouge
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05 Ġun 1952 Dallas, l-Istati Uniti
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l-Istati Uniti
Ordnat saċerdot
29 Apr 1978 Dallas, TX, l-Istati Uniti
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19 Mej 2008 Shreveport, l-Istati Uniti
Maħtur
24 Aww 2018
Konsagrant prinċipali
Alfred Clifton Hughes
Ko-konsagranti
Michael Jarboe Sheehan Kevin Joseph Farrell
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Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas Bishop Lynch High School University of Dallas

Msgr. Michael Gerard Duke was born on 5 June 1952 in Dallas, in the diocese of the same name. He completed his ecclesiastical studies at the Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving (1970-1978). He subsequently he obtained a licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome (1994-1996). He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Dallas on 29 April 1978. Since ordination he has served as deputy pastor of the All Saints Parish in Dallas (1978-1981), of the Saint Patrick Parish in Dallas (1981-1984) and later of the Saint Luke Parish in Irving (1984-1985). He was chaplain for Catholic students at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas (1985-1993), diocesan director of vocations (1985-1992) and rector of the Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving (1996-2008). In 2008 he was appointed as bishop of Shreveport.