Daniel James Gercke, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDaniel James Gercke
Catholic bishop
Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1874
Date of Death: 19-Mar-1964
Profession: Catholic priest
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Daniel James Gercke
- Daniel James Gercke (October 9, 1874 – March 19, 1964) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
- He served as Bishop of Tucson from 1923 to 1960. Gercke was born in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Christopher and Catherine (née Shea) Gercke.
- He attended St.
- Joseph's College in Philadelphia, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1891.
- He completed his theological studies at St.
- Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook.
- He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Patrick John Ryan on June 1, 1901.He then served as a curate at St.
- Joseph's Church in Girardville and afterwards at Holy Trinity Church in Philadelphia.
- He briefly served at St.
- Mary's in Philadelphia before going to Vigan City, Philippines, in 1903.
- He served as vicar general of the Diocese of Nueva Cáceres from 1910 to 1919.
- He was named a Domestic Prelate by Pope Benedict XV in 1915, and returned to Philadelphia in 1919.
- He then served as rector of the Cathedral of SS.
- Peter and Paul.On June 21, 1923, Gercke was appointed the third Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, by Pope Pius XI.
- He received his episcopal consecration on the following November 6 from Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty, with Bishops John Bernard MacGinley and James Paul McCloskey serving as co-consecrators.
- He was the first-American born head of the Tucson diocese.
- After thirty-seven years as bishop, he retired on September 28, 1960; he was named Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum by Pope John XXIII on the same date.Gercke later died at age 89.
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