R. Walker Nickless
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Ralph Walker Nickless | |
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Bishop of Sioux City | |
Archdiocese | Dubuque |
Diocese | Sioux City |
Appointed | November 10, 2005 |
Installed | January 20, 2006 |
Predecessor | Daniel DiNardo |
Orders | |
Ordination | August 4, 1973 |
Consecration | January 20, 2006 by Jerome Hanus, Charles J. Chaput, and Thomas Joseph Tobin |
Personal details | |
Born | Ralph Walker Nickless May 28, 1947 |
Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Parents | R. Walker Nickless (Father) E. Margaret McGovern Nickless (Mother) |
Motto | SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE |
Styles of Ralph Walker Nickless | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Ralph Walker Nickless (born May 28, 1947) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Sioux City.
Biography
Nickless was born in Denver, Colorado, one of ten children born to R. Walker Nickless, Sr. and E. Margaret (McGovern) Nickless (his mother died in 2006, shortly after his episcopal consecration). He was graduated from Bishop Machebeuf High School in 1965. Nickless was ordained a priest for the Denver Archdiocese on August 4, 1973.
Bishop of Sioux City
Nickless was appointed the seventh Bishop of Sioux City on November 10, 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI.[1] He was consecrated and installed as bishop on January 20, 2006 in a ceremony at the Church of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Sioux City. Archbishop Jerome Hanus of the Archdiocese of Dubuque was the principal consecrator as the Dubuque Archdiocese is the metropolitan see for the state. The co-consecrators were Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput of Denver and Bishop Thomas Joseph Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island.
In August, 2009, Bishop Nickless stated that "the Catholic Church does not teach that government should directly provide health care." Rather, he wrote, "[t]he proper role of the government is to regulate the private sector, in order to foster healthy competition and to curtail abuses. Therefore any legislation that undermines the viability of the private sector is suspect."[2]
In February, 2012, Bishop Nickless spoke during a webcast sponsored by the conservative group, Family Research Council, where he characterized an Obama Administration initiative to require health insurers to provide birth control coverage as having been sponsored by "the power of evil," and called for "followers of the light" to "stand up and vehemently oppose this."[3]
See also
References
- ^ Hytrek, Nick. "Bishop Nickless Celebrates 10th Anniversary", Sioux City Journal, January 22, 2016
- ^ http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=34287.html[permanent dead link] Catholic Online, "Bishop R. Walker Nickles On Health Care."
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bjCnlpFsDM