David Eugene Fellhauer

David Eugene Fellhauer (August 19, 1939 – March 3, 2026) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Victoria in Texas from 1990 to 2015.

Biography

Early life David Fellhauer was born on August 19, 1939, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Harold E. and Helen R. Francis Fellhauer. He attended primary school at St. Agnes School in Roeland Park, Kansas, then went to the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, for high school, college and seminary training.

Priesthood On May 29, 1965, Fellhauer was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Egidio Vagnozzi for the Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth. In 1979, he obtained his Doctor of Canon Law degree from Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Ontario.

Fellhauer was named as assistant judicial vicar (vice-officialis), for the diocese in 1975. He was appointed judicial vicar in 1979, a role he would fulfill until his appointment as bishop in 1990.

Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Fellhauer chaired the Committee on Canonical Affairs. In 1998, Fellhauer received the Role of Law award from the Canon Law Society of America.