Daniel James Gercke (October 9, 1874 – March 19, 1964) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
[1] Gercke was named a domestic prelate by Pope Benedict XV in 1915, and returned to Philadelphia in 1919.
[1] On June 21, 1923, Gercke was appointed the third bishop of the Diocese of Tucson by Pope Pius XI.
[3] He received his episcopal consecration on November 6, 1923, from Cardinal Dennis Dougherty, with Bishops John MacGinley and James Paul McCloskey serving as co-consecrators.
[3] On September 28, 1960, Pope Paul VI accepted Gercke's resignation as bishop of Tucson and named him as titular archbishop of Cotyaeum on the same date.