World youth day Sydney - Homily of Bishop Hurley of the Diocese of Grand Rapids, Mi
Most Reverend Walter A. Hurley Eleventh Bishop of the Diocese of Grand Rapids 360 Division Avenue S., Grand Rapids, MI 49503-4539 Phone: 616-475-1250, Fax: 616-243-4910 Bishop Walter A. Hurley Biography Bishop Walter A. . Hurley was born in 30th May 1937 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. He is the son of Charles R. Hurley and Anne Elizabeth Ball (both deceased). He has four sisters and one brother: Elizabeth Deal, Gerald Hurley, Eileen Godin, Charlene Soleau and Annette Burt. Bishop HurleySt. Dunstan attended primary school in Fredericton, and St. Anne High School, Church Point, Nova Scotia. He moved to Detroit in 1955. He graduated from Sacred Heart Seminary in 1961 (BA) and St. John's Seminary, Plymouth, Michigan 1965 (M. Div.). After ordination 5th June 1965 by Archbishop (later Cardinal) John F. Dearden, he was assigned as associate pastor, St. Dorothy Parish, Warren. He served as vicar for the Warren-Centerline Vicariate. In 1972 he became pastor of St.Cyprian Parish, Riverview (1972-76), then Sacred Heart Parish, Roseville (1976-1979), and St. Lucy Parish, St. Clair Shores (1979-1982). At the invitation of Archbishop (later Cardinal) Edmund Szoka, he began studies at the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC earning a license in canon law (JCL) in 1984. After his return to Detroit, he served as a Judicial Vicar of the Metropolitan Tribunal, 1984-1989. He also served as moderator of the curia for the Archdioceseof ...
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