Roger Mahony

His Eminence Roger Michael Mahony KGCHS
Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles
Mahony in March 2006
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Appointed	July 12, 1985
Installed	September 5, 1985
Retired	March 1, 2011
Predecessor	Timothy Manning
Successor	José Horacio Gómez
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati
Orders
Ordination	May 1, 1962 by Aloysius Joseph Willinger
Consecration	March 19, 1975 by Hugh Aloysius Donohoe, William Robert Johnson, and John Stephen Cummins
Created cardinal	June 28, 1991 by John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	(1936-02-27) February 27, 1936 (age 88) Los Angeles, California, US
Denomination	Catholic Church
Parents	Victor and Loretta Mahony
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Stockton (1980–1985) Auxiliary Bishop of Fresno and Titular Bishop of Tamascani< (1975–1980)
Education	Catholic University of America
Motto	To reconcile God's people
Ordination history
History Priestly ordination Ordained by Aloysius Joseph Willinger Date May 1, 1962 Episcopal consecration Consecrated by Hugh Aloysius Donohoe (Fresno) Date March 19, 1975 Cardinalate Elevated by Pope John Paul II Date June 28, 1991
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Roger Mahony as principal consecrator George Patrick Ziemann February 23, 1987 Armando Xavier Ochoa February 23, 1987 Carl Anthony Fisher February 23, 1987 Sylvester Donovan Ryan May 31, 1990 Stephen Edward Blaire May 31, 1990 Joseph Martin Sartoris March 19, 1994 Thomas John Curry March 19, 1994 Gabino Zavala March 19, 1994 George Hugh Niederauer January 25, 1995 Gerald Eugene Wilkerson January 21, 1998 Edward William Clark March 26, 2001 Oscar A. Solis February 10, 2004 Alexander Salazar November 4, 2004
Styles
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Los Angeles (Emeritus)

Roger Michael Mahony KGCHS (born February 27, 1936) is an American cardinal and retired prelate of the Catholic Church who served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California from 1985 to 2011. Before his appointment, he served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Fresno from 1975 to 1980 and bishop of the Diocese of Stockton from 1980 to 1985.

Born in Los Angeles and raised in the San Fernando Valley, Mahony was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Fresno in January 1975 and consecrated bishop in March 1975. Mahony was then appointed bishop of Stockton in 1980. In 1985, he was appointed archbishop of Los Angeles by Pope John Paul II, and became the first Los Angeles native to hold the office. The pope created Mahony a cardinal in 1991, and he voted in the papal conclaves that elected Popes Benedict XVI and Francis.

During his tenure as Los Angeles archbishop, Mahony was instrumental in dividing the archdiocese into five administrative subdivisions and in guiding the construction of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, which opened in September 2002. Mahony has also been identified as a key figure in the cover-up of the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal, where dozens of abusive priests were moved to other churches rather than prosecuted. In 2007, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles apologized for abuses by priests and announced a record-breaking settlement of $660 million for 508 victims.^[1]

In 2011, Mahony reached the mandatory retirement age for bishops and was succeeded by Archbishop José Horacio Gómez on March 1.^[2] On January 31, 2013, Gómez relieved Mahony of his public and episcopal duties in the archdiocese, following the release of personnel files documenting priests' sexual abuse during Mahony's tenure.