George Avis Fulcher

Styles of George Avis Fulcher
Reference style	Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop
Posthumous style	none

George Avis Fulcher (January 30, 1922 – January 25, 1984) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana from 1983 to 1984.^[1]

Biography

George Avis Fulcher was born in Columbus, Ohio on January 30, 1922. He was ordained a Roman Catholic Priest in 1944 in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus. He moved throughout the Ohio area throughout his pastoral career. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Columbus in 1976. He was also appointed Titular Bishop of Morosbisdus in 1976. It was in 1983 that Bishop George Avis Fulcher was appointed by Pope John Paul II bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana. Within three weeks of his installation as Bishop, he was appointed to the US Bishops' Committee for the implementation of the Pastoral Letter on Peace. While driving to a conference on to lecture on the Peace Pastoral in January 25, 1984, Bishop Fulcher died when his car crashed off US-41 at Gobbler's Knob north of Rockville. Fulcher served as bishop of the Lafayette diocese for only about one year. Fulcher was 62 years old at the time of his death.

References

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette, Indiana Official website

Episcopal succession

Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana
Bishops	John George Bennett John Carberry Raymond Joseph Gallagher George Avis Fulcher William Leo Higi Timothy Doherty
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception
Education	High schools Lafayette Central Catholic Jr/Sr High School St. Theodore Guerin High School, Noblesville
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Diocese of Columbus
Bishops	Ordinaries Sylvester Horton Rosecrans John Ambrose Watterson Henry K. Moeller James Joseph Hartley Michael Joseph Ready Clarence George Issenmann John Carberry Clarence Edward Elwell Edward John Herrmann James Anthony Griffin Frederick F. Campbell Auxiliary Edward Gerard Hettinger
Churches	Cathedral St. Joseph Cathedral Parishes St. Mary's Church, Delaware St. Brendan the Navigator Church, Hilliard St. John the Evangelist Church, Logan St. Mary's Church, Portsmouth St. Joseph's Church, Somerset St. Nicholas Church, Zanesville St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Zanesville
Education	Higher Education Ohio Dominican University Seminary Pontifical College Josephinum High Schools Bishop Hartley High School, Columbus Bishop Ready High School, Columbus Bishop Rosecrans High School, Zanesville Bishop Watterson High School, Columbus Cristo Rey Columbus High School, Columbus Newark Catholic High School, Newark Notre Dame High School, Portsmouth Saint Charles Preparatory School, Columbus St. Francis DeSales High School, Columbus Tuscarawas Central Catholic High School, New Philadelphia William V. Fisher Catholic High School, Lancaster
Priests	Francis William Howard George Avis Fulcher
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