Januar des nächsten Jahres die Bischofsweihe; Mitkonsekratoren waren Michael Patrick Driscoll, Weihbischof in Orange in California, und Joseph Martin Sartoris, Weihbischof in Los Angeles. ###>Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles, was his principal consecrator, while Bishop Michael P. Driscoll, Bishop of Boise and Bishop Joseph M. Sartoris, were his principal co-consecrators.