Bishop Dennis G. Walsh

Bishop Dennis Walsh is the son of Daniel (deceased) and Marilyn Walsh in Lima, OH. He attended Elida Local Schools where he graduated in 1983. 

He attended the Redemptorist college seminary at St. Alphonsus College, Suffield, CT earning a BA in philosophy. He did his graduate work in Theology at Washington Theological Union, Washington, DC graduating with a Master of Divinity (MDiv. 1992). 

He professed temporary vows as a Redemptorist in 1986 and final vows in 1991. Bishop Walsh was ordained as a Redemptorist Priest in 1992 in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. After ordination he was sent to St. Anthony Parish, Guayama, Puerto Rico for six months to learn Spanish. When he returned, he was assigned to St. Michael Parish in Baltimore as a Parochial Vicar.

In 1994, he was transferred to Immaculate Conception, South Bronx, New York City as a Parochial Vicar.

In 1998, he returned to Ohio for assignment as Parochial Vicar for St. Mary Parish in Sandusky.

In 2000, he was incardinated into the Diocese of Toledo in America to become a diocesan priest.

In 2002, he was assigned as pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish, Defiance until 2007 when he was assigned as pastor of St. Patrick of Heatherdowns in Toledo.

From 2015 to 2024, he served as Pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish, Delphos, OH and St. John the Baptist Parish, Landeck, OH, and since 2016, St. Patrick Parish, Spencerville, OH and Head of School for St. John the Evangelist Elementary and High School.

In his free time, he likes golf and history, loves movies and incorporates them into his homilies and sermons.

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