Curriculum Vitae

R. WALKER NICKLESS
BORN: May 28, 1947 in Denver, Colorado
PARENTS: R. Walker Nickless & E. Margaret McGovern Nickless

ACADEMIC HISTORY
1969 B.A. – St. Thomas Theological Seminary, Denver, Colorado
1972 S.T.B. – Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome
1973 M.A. – Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome

PERSONAL HISTORY
PRIESTHOOD ORDINATION:
August 4, 1973
Blessed Sacrament Church, Denver, Colorado

EPISCOPAL APPOINTMENT:
November 10, 2005
Bishop, Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa

EPISCOPAL ORDINATION:
January 20, 2006
Church of the Nativity, Sioux City, Iowa

Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters Degree
December 13, 2008
St. Ambrose University
Davenport, IA

MEMBERSHIPS
United States Catholic Conference of Bishops
Region IX Representative to the Administrative Council

Iowa Catholic Conference
Member

Augustine Institute–Denver, Colorado
Advisory Board

Briar Cliff University–Sioux City, Iowa
Board of Trustees

Conception Seminary–Conception, Missouri
Board of Regents, Chairman

St. John Vianney Center–Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Advisory Board

Midamerican Council Boy Scouts of America
Iowa Board of Trustees