Bishop Thomas A. Daly

Chairman of the Board

His Holiness Pope Francis appointed Most Reverend Thomas A. Daly as the seventh Bishop of Spokane, Washington. Bishop Daly was installed on May 20, 2015 in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes in Spokane. Before coming to Spokane, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI named him Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of San Jose, California on March 16, 2011. He was ordained on May 25, 2011. Bishop Daly was Interim Rector of St. Patrick’s Seminary 2013-2014, and Pastor of St. Nicholas (with K-8) and St. William, Los Altos, 2014-2015. Bishop Daly is currently on the USCCB Committee on Catholic Education, and will become chairman of the committee after the November 2021 session. He is also on the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis; the Subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions of the Committee for National Collections; and the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs of the Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church. Bishop Daly is a consultant to the Committee on Religious Liberty. Bishop Daly had previously been on the Committee for Clergy, Consecrated Life & Vocations 2013-2019.