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Gerald Nicholas Dino

Gerald Nicholas Dino

Ruthenian Catholic bishop (1940–2020)

Gerald Nicholas Dino (January 11, 1940 – November 14, 2020) was an American hierarch of the Ruthenian Catholic Church. He was the bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix from 2008 to 2016.

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Biography

Dino was born in 1940 in Binghamton, New York. On March 21, 1965, he was ordained a priest for the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic. On December 6, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of the Eparchy of Van Nuys, and on March 27, 2008, he was consecrated a bishop.[1]

At his request, Pope Benedict XVI transferred the see of the Eparchy of Van Nuys to Phoenix, Arizona in February 2010.[2]

On reaching the age of 75, Dino submitted his resignation to Pope Francis, who accepted it and appointed his successor John Stephen Pazak in May 2016.[3]

Dino died on November 14, 2020, aged 80.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    David Cheney. "Bishop Gerald Nicholas Dino". catholic-hierarchy.org.
  2. [2]
    "No possibility of moving back to California". California Catholic Daily. April 19, 2010. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  3. [3]
    Tony Gutierrez (May 10, 2016). "Pope names new bishop for Phoenix Byzantine Eparchy, accepts Bishop Dino's resignation". The Catholic Sun. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  4. [4]
    "V Pánovi usnul americký vladyka Gerald Nicholas Dino, ktorý mal korene na Slovensku". Hlavnespravy.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 16 November 2020.

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