Resignation of auxiliary bishop of New York, U.S.A.
Resignation of bishop prelate of Ayaviri, Peru
Appointment of bishop of Duluth, U.S.A.
Resignation of auxiliary bishop of New York, U.S.A.
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of New York, United States of America, presented by Bishop John J. O’Hara.
Resignation of bishop prelate of Ayaviri, Peru
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the territorial prelature of Ayaviri, Peru, presented by Bishop Kay Martín Schmalhausen Panizo, S.C.V.
Appointment of bishop of Duluth, U.S.A.
The Holy Father has appointed Msgr. Daniel J. Felton, of the clergy of the diocese of Green Bay, until now vicar general, as bishop of Duluth, United States of America.
Curriculum vitae
Msgr. Daniel J. Felton was born on 5 February 1955 in Portsmouth, Virginia, in the diocese of Richmond. He attended Saint Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in religious studies (1973-1977). He carried out his ecclesiastical studies at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, where he received a master’s degree in theology. He was subsequently awarded a licentiate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, in 1990.
He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Green Bay on 13 June 1981.
Since priestly ordination he has held the following offices: parish vicar of the Holy Innocents parish in Manitowoc (1981-1985), director for relations with affiliates of the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America/CTNA in New York (1985-1987); CTNA correspondent in Rome (1987-1990); parish priest of the Saint Raphael the Archangel parish in Oshkosh (1990-2004), the Saint Francis of Assisi parish in Manitowoc (2004-2011), the Saint Edward parish in Mackville, the Saint Mary parish in Greenville and the Saint Nicholas parish in Freedom (2011-2014). From 2014 to the present he has served as vicar general and moderator of the Curia. He is a member of the college of consultors, the presbyteral council, the Diocesan Finance Committee and the Personnel Board.
