Roger Mahony
Ordination history of Roger Mahony Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Hugh Aloysius Donohoe (Fresno) Date of consecration March 19, 1975 Bishops consecrated by Roger Mahony as principal consecrator George Patrick Ziemann February 23, 1987 Armando Xavier Ochoa February 23, 1987 Carl Anthony Fisher February 23, 1987 Sylvester Donovan Ryan May 31, 1990 Stephen Edward Blaire May 31, 1990 Joseph Martin Sartoris March 19, 1994 Thomas John Curry March 19, 1994 Gabino Zavala March 19, 1994 George Hugh Niederauer January 25, 1995 Gerald Eugene Wilkerson January 21, 1998 Edward William Clark March 26, 2001 Oscar A. Solis February 10, 2004 Alexander Salazar November 4, 2004 Styles of Roger Mahony Reference style His Eminence Spoken style Your Eminence Informal style Cardinal Roger Michael Mahony KGCHS (born February 27, 1936) is an American cardinal and retired prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1985 to 2011. Before his appointment as Los Angeles archbishop, he served as Auxiliary Bishop of Fresno from 1975 to 1980 and as Bishop of Stockton from 1980 to 1985. Born in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles and raised in the city's San Fernando Valley area, Mahony was ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno in 1962. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Fresno in January 1975 and consecrated bishop in March 1975. He was then appointed Bishop of Stockton in 1980. In 1985, Mahony was appointed Archbishop of Los Angeles by Pope John Paul II, and became the first Los Angeles native to hold the office. He was created a cardinal in 1991 by Pope John Paul II, and as such voted in the papal conclaves that elected Popes Benedict XVI and Francis. During his tenure as Los Angeles archbishop, Mahony was instrumental in dividing the archdiocese into five administrative subdivisions and in guiding the construction of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, which opened in September 2002. He has also been an instrumental figure in working to resolve the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal, dismissing a dozen priests in 2002, developing new policies to prevent abuse, making a formal apology and issuing a report that described cases in detail. In 2007, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles apologized for abuses by priests and announced its record-breaking settlement with 508 victims worth $660 million. In 2011 Mahony reached the mandatory retirement age for bishops in 2011 and was succeeded by José Horacio Gómez on March 1, 2011. On January 31, 2013, Archbishop Gómez relieved Mahony of his public and episcopal duties in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, following the release of personnel files documenting priest sexual-abuse cases during part of Mahony's tenure.