Gerald Eugene Wilkerson

Gerald Eugene Wilkerson (born October 21, 1939) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California from 1997 to 2015 and as apostolic administrator for the Diocese of Monterey in California for six months in 2018 and 2019.

Biography

Early life Gerald Wilkerson was born on October 21, 1939, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Wilkerson was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on January 5, 1965, by Cardinal James McIntyre. After his ordination, Wilkerson served as associate pastor at three Southern California parishes:

Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Habra St. Michael in Los Angeles American Martyrs in Manhattan Beach Wilkerson left the apostolic administrator position on January 29, 2019, after the installation of Bishop Daniel E Garcia as the new bishop of Monterey

On September 12, 2022, Archbishop Jose Horacio Gomez appointed Wilkerson as interim episcopal vicar after Bishop Alejandro Aclan suffered a stroke. On September 26, 2023, Auxiliary Bishop Albert Bahhuth replaced Wilkerson as the permanent episcopal vicar for the San Fernando Pastoral Region.