Gerald Nicholas Dino is an American

United States

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 clergyman of the Byzantine Catholic Church. He is the fourth and current bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix.

Dino was born in 1940 in Binghamton, New York

Binghamton, New York

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. On March 21, 1965, he was ordained a priest for the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic

Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic

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. On December 6, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI

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 appointed him bishop of the Eparchy of Van Nuys, and on March 27, 2008 he was consecrated a bishop.

At his request, Pope Benedict XVI transferred the see of the Eparchy of Van Nuys to Phoenix, Arizona in February 2010.

External links

• Press release of bishop's appointment