Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone
ABOUT THE ARCHBISHOP
June 5, 1956 Born third of four children, San Diego
1956-74 Grew up in Blessed Sacrament Parish, San Diego,
December 1974 Attended vocation retreat during freshman year at San Diego State University,
EDUCATION
Attended public school through 12th grade, including Horace Mann Junior High and Crawford High School, and religious education classes at the parish
1975 Entered St. Francis Seminary and transferred as a sophomore to University of San Diego
MINISTRY AND ADMINISTRATION
July 9, 1982 Ordained a priest by San Diego Bishop Leo T. Maher
1982-1985 Associate pastor, St. Martin of Tours Parish, La Mesa
1989 Secretary to Coadjutor Bishop Robert Brom of San Diego
1990 Appointed judicial vicar, San Diego
1991-95 Pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Calexico, four blocks from Mexican border
1995-2002 Assistant, Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, the church’s highest
canonical court, Rome.
July 5, 2002 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego by Pope John Paul II
March 23, 2009 Appointed fourth bishop of Oakland by Pope Benedict XVI
July 27, 2012 Appointed ninth archbishop of San Francisco by Pope Benedict XVI
Oct. 4, 2012 Installation as archbishop of San Francisco
