Donald Montrose
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Donald William Montrose was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockton
in northern California from 1986 to 1999.
Montrose was born in Denver, Colorado. When he was eleven his family moved to southern California.
Montrose was ordained a Catholic priest on May 7, 1948. He served as head of St. John's Seminary in Camarillo and an auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles before he was appointed bishop of Stockton.
Montrose focused on getting Spanish-speaking priests in the diocese. He went to Mexico, Colombia and other Latin American countries and met with various bishops to try to get them to send him priests who had Spanish as their mother tongue. In 1988 Montrose succeeded in getting the Sisters of the Cross to relocate to the Stockton Diocese from Mexico. They located in the city of Modesto, California
which is the second largest city in the diocese.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockton
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockton is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Central Valley and Mother Lode region of California in the United States. It comprises the Counties of Alpine, Calaveras, Mono, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tuolumne...
in northern California from 1986 to 1999.
Montrose was born in Denver, Colorado. When he was eleven his family moved to southern California.
Montrose was ordained a Catholic priest on May 7, 1948. He served as head of St. John's Seminary in Camarillo and an auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles before he was appointed bishop of Stockton.
Montrose focused on getting Spanish-speaking priests in the diocese. He went to Mexico, Colombia and other Latin American countries and met with various bishops to try to get them to send him priests who had Spanish as their mother tongue. In 1988 Montrose succeeded in getting the Sisters of the Cross to relocate to the Stockton Diocese from Mexico. They located in the city of Modesto, California
Modesto, California
Modesto is a city in, and is the county seat of, Stanislaus County, California. With a population of approximately 201,165 at the 2010 census, Modesto ranks as the 18th largest city in the state of California....
which is the second largest city in the diocese.