He is the 9th bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada, succeeding Archbishop Martin Currie, 67, who had been the bishop of the diocese in addition to being archbishop of his own archdiocese, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland.

Daniels was born on June 18, 1957, in Windsor, Ontario.

[1] Daniels attended St. Peter's Seminary where he received a master of divinity degree from the University of Western Ontario.

[1][2] Until his appointment to that see by Pope Benedict XVI, on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, he had been Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of London, Ontario, Canada.

John Paul II had made this announcement on September 21, 2004.