R. Walker Nickless

Ralph Walker Nickless (born May 28, 1947) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Sioux City.

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Ralph Walker Nickless

D.D.
Bishop of Sioux City
DioceseSioux City
AppointedNovember 10, 2005
InstalledJanuary 20, 2006
PredecessorDaniel DiNardo
Orders
OrdinationAugust 4, 1973
ConsecrationJanuary 20, 2006
by Jerome Hanus, Charles J. Chaput, and Thomas Joseph Tobin
Personal details
Birth nameRalph Walker Nickless
Born (1947-05-28) May 28, 1947
Denver, Colorado
DenominationRoman Catholic Church
ParentsR. Walker Nickless (Father)
E. Margaret McGovern Nickless (Mother)
MottoSpeak the Truth in Love
Styles of
Ralph Walker Nickless
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

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
  1. Hytrek, Nick. "Bishop Nickless Celebrates 10th Anniversary", Sioux City Journal, January 22, 2016
  2. http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=34287.html%5B%5D Catholic Online, "Bishop R. Walker Nickles On Health Care."
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bjCnlpFsDM

Episcopal succession
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Daniel DiNardo		 Bishop of Sioux City
2006-Present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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