Carlos Arthur Sevilla

Styles of Carlos Sevilla

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Carlos Arthur Sevilla SJ (born August 9, 1935) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the sixth and now retired Bishop of Yakima. He now works as an Outreach Priest for the Catholic Non-Profit Cross Catholic Outreach as well as serving on their Bishops' Advisory Board.

Biography

Carlos Sevilla was born in San Francisco, California, and entered the Society of Jesus, more commonly known as the Jesuits, in 1953. He studied at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, from where he obtained his Master's degree in Philosophy.

Sevilla was ordained to the priesthood on June 3, 1966, and made his solemn profession as a Jesuit on April 22, 1974. He also earned his Master's in Theology from Santa Clara University, and furthered his studies at the Jesuitenkolleg in Innsbruck and Catholic Institute of Paris.

On December 6, 1988, Sevilla was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco and Titular Bishop of Mina by Pope John Paul II. He received episcopal consecration on January 25, 1989 from Archbishop John Quinn, with Bishops Mark Hurley and Michael Kaniecki, SJ, serving as co-consecrators.

He was later named the sixth Bishop of Yakima, Washington, on December 31, 1996. Sevilla is the second religious and the first Jesuit to hold that office.

Within the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, he currently sits on the Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and the Sub-Committee for Translation of Liturgical Texts into Spanish, as well as co-chairing the West Coast Dialogue of Catholics and Muslims. He was the former Chairman of the Committee on Religious Life and Ministry and the Sub-Committee for Translation of Liturgical Texts Into Spanish.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Francis George, OMI	Bishop of Yakima 1996–2011	Succeeded by Joseph J. Tyson

Diocese of Yakima

Bishops	Joseph Patrick Dougherty Cornelius Michael Power Nicolas Eugene Walsh William Stephen Skylstad Francis George Carlos Arthur Sevilla Joseph J. Tyson

Churches	Cathedral St. Paul Cathedral

Education	High School La Salle High School, Union Gap Grade School Saint Paul Cathedral School, Yakima

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