Bishop Daniel Elias Garcia

Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA

Motto: Walk Humbly With God

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Aug 1960		Born
30 Jan 1988	27.4	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Austin, Texas, USA
28 May 1988	27.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Austin, Texas, USA
21 Jan 2015	54.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA
21 Jan 2015	54.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Capsus
3 Mar 2015	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Capsus
27 Nov 2018	58.2	Appointed	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
29 Jan 2019	58.4	Installed	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
2 Jul 2025	64.8	Appointed	Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA
18 Sep 2025	65.0	Installed	Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA

MicroData Summary
Daniel Elias Garcia
Bishop Daniel Elias Garcia
(born 30 Aug 1960)
Bishop of Austin

Ad Limina - January 2020: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Cameron, Diocese of Austin, Texas
Ordained Priest St. Monica, Church, Cameron, Diocese of Austin, Texas
Ordained Bishop Saint Williams, Church, Round Rock, Diocese of Austin, Texas

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Austin.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop John Edward McCarthy †
Bishop of Austin, Texas
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joe Steve Vásquez
Bishop of Austin, Texas
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Gregory Michael Aymond
Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana
Bishop Michael James Sis
Bishop of San Angelo, Texas

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joe Steve Vásquez (2002)
Bishop of Austin, Texas
Bishop Joseph Anthony Fiorenza † (1979)
Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas
Archbishop Patrick Fernández Flores † (1970)
Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Cameron, Diocese of Austin, Texas
Ordained Priest	St. Monica, Church, Cameron, Diocese of Austin, Texas
Ordained Bishop	Saint Williams, Church, Round Rock, Diocese of Austin, Texas

External Link(s):

VIAF: 7438211
WikiData: Q18821999

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 21 Jan 2015
ob/c1: CB, 21 Jan 2015
c2+: CB, 26 Feb 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 222, Number 18,379
ab: Bollettino, 27 Nov 2018
i: CB, 27 Nov 2018
ab: Bollettino, 2 Jul 2025

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