Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger

Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger (born October 20, 1935) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Evansville in Indiana from 1989 to 2011.

[1][2] On May 7, 1961, Gettelfinger was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in St. Meinrad by Archbishop Paul Schulte.

[2] On March 11, 1989, Pope John Paul II appointed Gettelfinger as bishop of the Diocese of Evansville.

[3] In 1998, Gettelfinger was named as bishop liaison to the National Catholic Committee on Scouting (NCCS).

[4] At the May 2002 meeting of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Gettelfinger opposed a one-strike policy against sexual abusers in the clergy in the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.