“Praised be Jesus Christ
May He always be praised.”

In all our schools and churches you will find a ready welcome and a true Catholic spirit. Bishop D’Arcy has a regular column each week in Today’s Catholic the Fort Wayne-South Bend diocesan newspaper. News and Notes highlights the bishop’s week and details events occurring within the diocese.

The son of Irish immigrants, Most Reverend John M. D’Arcy was born on August 18, 1932. He began preparation for the priesthood in September, 1949 at Saint John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts. He studied in Rome at the Angelicum from 1965 to 1968 and received his doctorate in spiritual theology in 1968. He served as spiritual director and professor of spiritual theology at Saint John’s Seminary from 1968 to 1985.

• Ordained to priesthood in Boston, Mass
  February 2, 1957
• Doctorate in Spiritual Theology from Angelicum, Rome
  1968
• Ordained as Auxiliary Bishop for Boston
  February 14, 1975
• Appointed Regional Bishop for Lowell Region – Archdiocese of Boston
  July 21, 1981
• Appointed Eighth Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend
  February 26, 1985
• Installed as Eighth Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend
  May 1, 1985