Gerald Eugene Wilkerson

Styles of
Gerald Eugene Wilkerson
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
Posthumous style Not applicable

Gerald Eugene Wilkerson (born October 21, 1939) was an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Gerald Wilkerson grew up in Long Beach, California. He attended St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, California and was ordained a priest on January 5, 1965, by Cardinal James Francis McIntyre. He served in the archdiocese as associate pastor at Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Habra; St. Michael, Los Angeles and American Martyrs, Manhattan Beach, and for 15 years at Our Lady of Grace Church, Encino as administrator and then pastor.

On November 5, 1997, he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as the Titular Bishop of Vincennes and auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles. He was consecrated a bishop on January 21, 1998. Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles, was his principal consecrator, while Bishop Michael Driscoll (Bishop of Boise) and Bishop Joseph M. Sartoris were his principal co-consecrators.

Wilkerson led the archdiocese's San Fernando Pastoral Region with 54 parishes, 12 high schools, two hospitals, and five missions.

On July 21, 2015, his retirement was accepted by Pope Francis[1]

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