Joseph J. Tyson

Joseph Jude Tyson (born October 16, 1957) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who is currently the Bishop (Catholic Church) of the Diocese of Yakima, Washington. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle from 2005–2011.

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Joseph Jude Tyson
Bishop of Yakima
ArchdioceseSeattle
DioceseYakima
AppointedApril 12, 2011
InstalledMay 31, 2011
PredecessorCarlos Arthur Sevilla, S.J.
Orders
OrdinationJune 10, 1989
by Raymond Hunthausen
ConsecrationJune 6, 2005
by Alexander Joseph Brunett, George Leo Thomas, and Gustavo García-Siller
Personal details
Born (1957-10-16) October 16, 1957
Moses Lake, Washington
Previous postAuxiliary Bishop of Seattle (2005–2011)
Motto"CHRISTO LUMEN AD GENTES"
Styles of
Joseph Jude Tyson
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleBishop

Early life and priesthood

Joseph Tyson was born in Moses Lake, Washington, and attended Blessed Sacrament School.[1] He graduated from St. Alphonsus Elementary School in 1971 and from Bishop Blanchet High School in 1975.[2] He then studied at Shoreline Community College and the University of Washington, from where he obtained Bachelor's degrees in Russian and Eastern European Area Studies and editorial journalism in 1980.[3] He earned a Master's degree in international relations from the Jackson School of International Studies in 1984, and a Master of Divinity from the Theological College of the Catholic University of America in 1989.[3]

Tyson was ordained to the priesthood on June 10, 1989 by Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen.[4] He then served as parochial vicar at St. James Cathedral (1991–93), pastor of St. Mary of the Valley Parish in Monroe (1993–96), and pastor of St. Edward, St. George, and St. Paul Parishes in South Seattle (1996–2005).[2] In addition, he has assisted chancery offices in the area of permanent deacon formation, parish experiences for seminarians, vocations, and communications.[2]

Episcopal career

Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle

On May 12, 2005, Tyson was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle and Titular Bishop of Migirpa by Pope Benedict XVI.[4] He received his episcopal consecration on the following June 6 from Archbishop Alexander Brunett, with Bishops George Thomas and Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S., serving as co-consecrators.[4] He selected as his episcopal motto: "Christo Lumen ad Gentes."

In 2007, Tyson testified at a state legislative hearing on a proposed Washington initiative to offer domestic partnership benefits to same-sex couples; he promoted broadening its provisions, a controversial strategy used elsewhere by the Catholic Church, extending the definition of partnership to relationships beyond that of unmarried couples, to prevent discrimination against an elderly parent, a sibling, housemate or another in residence thus limiting its potential affirmative impact for gay rights, consistent with the Catholic Church's long-standing position.[5]

He became interim superintendent of Seattle Catholic schools on July 1, 2008.[1] He is a devoted cyclist, even receiving news of his episcopal appointment while riding his bike.[2] In addition to his native English, he speaks Spanish, German, Vietnamese, and Serbo-Croatian.[2]

Bishop of Yakima

On April 12, 2011, Tyson was appointed the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Yakima in Washington State, replacing Carlos Arthur Sevilla, S.J., who served as bishop from 1996 until his retirement in 2011. Tyson was installed as bishop of the Diocese of Yakima on May 31, 2011, at Holy Family Parish in Yakima.[6]

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gollark: The networking stuff is actually quite important. Apparently their silicon photonics stuff can save a lot of power in high speed switches.
gollark: Also fabrication. They're opening that to other companies.
gollark: Also FPGAs.
gollark: Also, they now make GPUs and optical networking gear and WiFi chips and a bunch of other random nonsense.

See also

References
  1. "Bishop Tyson appointed interim schools superintendent". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle. 2008-04-17.
  2. "Western Washington". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle. 2005-05-19. Archived from the original on 2007-05-21.
  3. "Board of Directors". Pope John Paul II High School. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  4. "Bishop Joseph Jude Tyson". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  5. Palmo, Rocco (2007-01-27). "In the Northwest, Echoes of Levada". Whispers in the Loggia.
  6. Dininny, Shannon. "Pope names new bishop for Yakima Diocese". Seattle: KOMO-TV. Retrieved 19 April 2011.

Episcopal succession
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Carlos Arthur Sevilla		 Bishop of Yakima
2011-Present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
-		 Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle
2005-2011		 Succeeded by
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