Walter James Fitzgerald

Walter James Fitzgerald SJ (November 17, 1883 – July 19, 1947) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church.

[1] He entered the Society of Jesus (more commonly known as the Jesuits) in 1902, and graduated from the normal school in Los Gatos, California, in 1906.

He then returned to Washington and served as a professor at Seattle College until 1909, when he enrolled at Gonzaga University in Spokane.

[1] From 1912 to 1920, he was a professor at Gonzaga, although his service was interrupted by a period of study at Immaculate Conception College in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (1915–19) to receive his Doctor of Sacred Theology degree.

[1] On December 14, 1938, Fitzgerald was appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Alaska and Titular Bishop of Tymbrias by Pope Pius XI.