Ronald Michael Gilmore

Ronald Michael Gilmore (born April 23, 1942) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the fifth Bishop of Dodge City in Kansas from 1998 to 2010.

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Ronald Michael Gilmore
Bishop Emeritus of Dodge City
ArchdioceseKansas City in Kansas
DioceseDodge City
AppointedMay 12, 1998
InstalledJuly 16, 1998
Term endedDecember 15, 2010
PredecessorStanley Girard Schlarman
SuccessorJohn Balthasar Brungardt
Orders
OrdinationJuly 7, 1969
by David Monas Maloney
ConsecrationJuly 16, 1998
by James Patrick Keleher, Eugene John Gerber, and Stanley Girard Schlarman
Personal details
Born (1942-04-23) April 23, 1942
Pittsburg, Kansas
MottoBe still and know
Styles of
Ronald Michael Gilmore
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Early life and education

Ronald Gilmore was born in Pittsburg, Kansas, to Leo and Maxine (née McColm) Gilmore.[1] He attended St. Marys High School from 1956 to 1959, and graduated in 1960 from St. John Vianney High School in Elkhorn, Nebraska.[2]

From 1960 to 1962, Gilmore studied at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Conception, Missouri.[2] He participated in the Catholic Social Service in Wichita, Kansas, in the Cuban Refugee Program until 1963, working with 20 Cuban boys at what was then called Mariana House. Gilmore also attended the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario (1963-1969), from where he obtained a B.A. in Philosophy and degrees in theology.[2]

Priesthood

Gilmore was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop David Maloney on June 7, 1969,[3] and then served as an associate pastor at Blessed Sacrament Church in Wichita.[2] From 1971 to 1973, he pursued his doctoral studies in theology in Canada.

Upon his return to the United States in 1973, Gilmore was assigned to the Passionist Monastery in St. Paul. Kansas. He did pastoral work at the Church of the Magdalen in Wichita (1973–1975) and at St. Teresa Parish in Hutchinson, Kansas (1975–1981). Gilmore also served as Assistant Chancellor for the Diocese of Wichita.[2]

Gilmore also served as a chaplain and religious teacher at Trinity Catholic High School in Hutchinson and Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Holy Family Center for the developmentally disabled. In 1981, Gilmore became the administrator of St. Agnes Church in Castleton, Kansas. In 1982, he became was the first pastor of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Wichita.[2] He was named Chancellor in August 1983, and Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia in June 1988. In May 1998, Gilmore was raised to the rank of Monsignor as well.

Episcopal career

Bishop of Dodge City

On May 12, 1998, Pope John Paul II appointed Gilmore as the fifth Bishop of Dodge City. He was installed and consecrated on July 16 1998 by Archbishop James Keleher, with Bishops Eugene Gerber and Stanley Schlarman serving as co-consecrators.[3] He selected as his episcopal motto: "Be Still and Know" (Psalms 46:10).[1]

In 2001 the new Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe was established.[4] Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Gilmore sits on the Stewardship Committee.[5]

On December 15, 2010, Bishop Gilmore resigned.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Symbolism of the Coat of Arms". Roman Catholic Diocese of Dodge City.
  2. "Most Rev. Ronald Gilmore, DD". Roman Catholic Diocese of Dodge City.
  3. "Bishop Ronald Michael Gilmore". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  4. "Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe". Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  5. "Stewardship Committee". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Episcopal succession
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