Mark Joseph Hurley (December 13, 1919 – February 5, 2001) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
[3] In 1962, Hurley was named a domestic prelate by Pope John XXIII and superintendent of schools in the Diocese of Stockton.
[1] From 1962 to 1965, he was a peritus, or theological expert, at the Second Vatican Council in Rome, where he served as an advisor to the commission on seminaries, universities, and schools.
Delegate, Conference on Psychiatry and Religion, San Francisco, 1957 Member of the Board, State of California Committee for the Study of Education, 1955–1960 Delegate-at-Large, state of California, White House Conference on Youth, Washington, DC, 1960 Catholic delegate and observer, National Council of Churches (Protestant), Columbus, OH, 1964 Delegate to NCEA Education Conference of German and American Educators, Munich, Germany, 1960 Member of Commission on Seminaries, Universities, and Schools, Second Vatican Council, 1962–63, 1964–65, peritus to the Council, 1962–1965 Member of NCEA delegation for study of education in Peru, 1965 Member, Liaison Committee of National Conference of Catholic Bishops (USA) with Priests' Senates Member Commission on Christian Formation, United States Catholic Conference of Bishops, 1968 Member, Education, Committee of the Bishops of California, 1969 Other Assignments Asst.
archdiocesan coordinator, Rosary Crusade, 1948–1951 Administrator, St. Eugene Church, Santa Rosa, CA, 1959 Chancellor, Diocese of Stockton, Californian diocesan consultor, 1962–1965 Syndicated columnist, San Francisco, The Monitor, Sacramento Herald, Oakland Voice, Yakima Our Times, Guam Diocesan Press, 1949–1966 "Faith of Our Father" weekly TV program speaker, 1956–1958, San Francisco "Problems Please," weekly TV program panelist, 1961–1967 Member of US bishops' press panel, Vatican Council, Rome, 1964–65 Member of the US bishops' Committee on the Laity, Rome, 1964 Member of the US bishops' Committee on the Laity, Rome, Jewish Relations, 1964 through at least January 1970 Asst.
Publications Church State Relationships in Education in California, 1948, Washington, DC Commentary on Declaration on Christian Education of Vatican II, 1966, Paulist Press, Glenn Rock, NJ Report on Education in Peru, NCEA, Washington, DC, 1965 Informe Sobre La Educacion en Peru, Asoceacion Catholica de Educacion National, Washington, DC, 1965 Course of Studies for Elementary Schools, Social Studies, 1949, San Francisco Articles for periodicals such as America, Catholic Education Review, Catholic School Journal, Hi Time, The Way Information, Maryknoll Magazine Knight Commander of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, June 1969[5] On November 21, 1967, Hurley was appointed auxiliary bishop of San Francisco and titular bishop of Thunusuda by Pope Paul VI.
[4] He received his episcopal consecration on January 4, 1968, from Archbishop Joseph Thomas McGucken, with Bishops Hugh Aloysius Donohoe and Ernest John Primeau serving as co-consecrators.
[6] During his tenure, he implemented the reforms of the Second Vatican Council and worked to ensure the financial stability of the diocese.