Wilkerson Gerald

American auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 1998 to 2015. Gerald Wilkerson grew up in Long Beach, California. He attended St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, California and was ordained a priest on 5 January 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 5 November 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 21 January 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 archdioceses San Fernando Pastoral Region with 54 parishes, 12 high schools, two hospitals, and five missions. On 21 July 2015, his retirement was accepted by Pope Francis. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less