Gerald Thomas Walsh

Gerald Thomas Walsh (born April 25, 1942) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop and vicar general of the Archdiocese of New York.

[2] Walsh was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New York by Cardinal Francis Spellman on May 27, 1967, in St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan.

[4] Walsh was then named pastor of St. Elizabeth's Parish in Washington Heights, and regional vicar of North Manhattan in September of that same year.

He received his episcopal consecration on September 21, 2004, from Cardinal Edward Egan, with Bishops Robert Brucato and Patrick Sheridan serving as co-consecrators.

Walsh has also served as associate chaplain of the Knights of Columbus' New York Chapter since 1980, and was a member of the archdiocesan priests' council and college of consultors starting in 2000.

On September 5, 2017 Pope Francis accepted Walsh's letter of resignation as auxiliary bishop of New York after he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.