His Excellency, The Most Reverend Joseph Jude Tyson |
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Bishop of Yakima | |
Archdiocese | Seattle |
Diocese | Yakima |
Appointed | April 12, 2011 |
Installed | May 31, 2011 |
Predecessor | Carlos Arthur Sevilla, S.J. |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 10, 1989 by Raymond Hunthausen |
Consecration | June 6, 2005 by Alexander Joseph Brunett, George Leo Thomas, and Gustavo García-Siller |
Personal details | |
Born |
Moses Lake, Washington |
October 16, 1957
Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle (2005–2011) |
Motto | "CHRISTO LUMEN AD GENTES" |
Styles of Joseph Jude Tyson |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
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.
Joseph Tyson was born in Moses Lake, Washington, and attended Blessed Sacrament School. He graduated from St. Alphonsus Elementary School in 1971 and from Bishop Blanchet High School in 1975. 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. 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.