Michael Duca

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Michael Gerard Duca
Bishop of Baton Rouge
Church Roman Catholic
Archdiocese New Orleans
Diocese Baton Rouge
Appointed June 26, 2018
Installed August 24, 2018
Predecessor Robert William Muench
Orders
Ordination April 29, 1978
by Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe
Consecration May 19, 2008
by Alfred Clifton Hughes, Michael Sheehan, and Kevin Farrell
Personal details
Born (1952-06-05) June 5, 1952
Dallas, Texas
Previous post Bishop of Shreveport
Motto HOPE IN THE LORD
(Spera in Domino)
Styles of
Michael Gerard Duca
Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Michael Gerard Duca (born 5 June 1952) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as bishop of the Diocese of Baton Rouge, Louisiana since his installation on August 24, 2018.

Biography

Duca attended elementary and secondary school in Dallas and graduated from Bishop Lynch High School in 1970. He attended Holy Trinity Seminary from 1970 to 1978, and while there received a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master of divinity degree in theology from the adjacent University of Dallas.

Duca was ordained a priest on 29 April 1978 in Dallas, Texas. He was educated in the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) training as a canonist.

He served the Diocese of Dallas as a vocations director, chaplain at Dallas' Southern Methodist University both from 1985 to 1992. Before his appointment as bishop, he was the rector of Dallas' Holy Trinity Seminary.

He was appointed to Shreveport by Pope Benedict XVI on 1 April 2008[1] and raised to the episcopate on 19 May. He was consecrated bishop of the Shreveport diocese at the Shreveport Convention Center, with approximately 3,000 people in attendance.

Duca was one of the regular panelists on the American Religious Townhall. Diocese of Shreveport celebrated its 25th anniversary on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at the Shreveport Convention Center.

Duca was appointed by Pope Francis as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Baton Rouge, succeeding Bishop Robert William Muench, who is retiring. He was installed as Baton Rouge's bishop on August 24, 2018.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Msgr. Michael Duca appointed as bishop for Diocese of Shreveport Catholic News Agency, April 1, 2008
  2. ↑ Bishop Michael Duca appointed sixth bishop of Baton Rouge by Pope Francis The Advocate, June 26, 2018

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Robert William Muench		 Bishop of Baton Rouge
2018–Present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
William Benedict Friend		 Bishop of Shreveport
2008–2018		 Succeeded by
Sede Vacante


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