What is Richard John Garcia?
[[File:Bishop Richard Garcia (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Garcia in 2008]] '''Richard John Garcia''' (April 24, 1947 &ndash; July 11, 2018) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]]. Garcia was born in [[San Francisco, California]]. He was appointed by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] as the fourth [[Ordinary (officer)|ordinary]] bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey in California|Diocese]] of [[Monterey, California]] on December 19, 2006, and was installed at a [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] celebrated by Cardinal [[Roger Mahony]] on January 30, 2007. In April 2018, Garcia was diagnosed with [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/richard-garcia-bishop-of-the-monterey-diocese-is-diagnosed-with/article_701ab6ca-4c31-11e8-9bd8-bffcbe43a4f1.html|title=Richard Garcia, bishop of the Monterey Diocese, is diagnosed with Alzheimer's|publisher=Monterey Now|date=April 30, 2018|access-date=May 5, 2018}}</ref> He died three months later on July 11, 2018 from complications of the disease in Monterey, aged 71.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kion546.com/news/monterey-bishop-garcia-passes-away-after-battle-with-alzheimer-s/766671059 |title=Monterey Bishop Garcia passes away after battle with Alzheimer's |access-date=2018-07-12 |archive-date=2018-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712021409/https://www.kion546.com/news/monterey-bishop-garcia-passes-away-after-battle-with-alzheimer-s/766671059 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.dioceseofmonterey.org/ Diocese of Monterey official website] *[http://www.dioceseofmonterey.org/about/bishop/ ''Bishop of Monterey''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110163041/https://www.dioceseofmonterey.org/about/bishop/ |date=2017-01-10 }} *[http://www.diocese-sacramento.org/herald/index.htm ''Bishop Garcia will lead Diocese of Monterey''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203230607/http://www.diocese-sacramento.org/herald/index