Dennis Walsh

Dennis Gerard Walsh (born June 16, 1965) is an American Catholic prelate serving as the Bishop of Davenport since 2024. When he was ordained a priest, he was a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer and later became a priest in the Diocese of Toledo, Ohio.

Biography Early life and education Walsh was born on July 16, 1965, in Lima, Ohio, to Daniel and Marilyn Walsh. He was educated at the Elida Local School District where he graduated in 1983. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from St. Alphonsus College in Suffield, Connecticut. He professed temporary religious vows as a Redemptorist in 1986 and final vows in 1991. He studied for the priesthood at Washington Theological Union in Washington, D.C. where he received a Master of Divinity degree in 1992.

Priesthood Walsh was ordained a priest for the Redemptorist Order on May 27, 1992, in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., by Bishop John Joseph Glynn. He was ordained and installed as bishop on September 27, 2024 in Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport, Iowa. Archbishop Thomas Zinkula of Dubuque was the ordaining bishop with Bishop Emeritus Martin Amos of Davenport and Bishop Daniel Thomas of Toledo as co-consecrators.