Martin Holley

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Martin David Holley
Bishop of Memphis
Archdiocese	Louisville
Diocese	Memphis
Appointed	May 18, 2004
Installed	July 2, 2004
Predecessor	J. Terry Steib
Orders
Ordination	May 18, 1987
Consecration	July 2, 2004 by Theodore Edgar McCarrick, John Ricard, and Leonard Olivier
Personal details
Born	(1954-12-31) December 31, 1954 Pensacola, Florida
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington; Titular Bishop of Rusibisir (2004-2016)
Motto	"IN AETERNUM MISERICORDIA EIUS" "HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER"

Styles of Martin David Holley

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Martin David Holley (born December 31, 1954) is a Roman Catholic prelate, the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis, Tennessee. He served as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., from 2004 to 2016.

Holley was born in Pensacola, Florida, and graduated from Tate High School in 1973; while a student there he was a basketball standout and active in student government. He graduated in 1975 from Faulkner State Junior College in Bay Minette, Alabama, with an Associate of Arts degree in general studies, and from Alabama State University in Montgomery in 1977 with a B.A. in management. At both institutions, Bishop Holley excelled at basketball and participated in student government.

Holley undertook post-graduate studies at the Theological College at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida, where he earned a Master of Divinity degree. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 8, 1987, at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Pensacola, Florida.

Holley served as curate and administrator of St. Mary Catholic Church, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, curate of St. Paul Catholic Church, Pensacola, and as administrator and pastor of Little Flower Catholic Church, Pensacola. He has served as a member of the diocesan council of priests, as the spiritual director of the Serra Club of West Florida, as spiritual director and instructor for the permanent diaconate program, as director of the Department of Ethnic Concerns of the diocese, and as a member of the Joint Conference of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus.

He was consecrated bishop on July 2, 2004.^[1] Pope Francis named him Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, on August 23, 2016,^[2] and he was installed as bishop on October 19, 2016.

References

↑ "Bishop Martin D. Holley". Archdiocese of Washington.
↑ Brockhaus, Hannah (August 23, 2016). "Pope Francis taps DC auxiliary as the new Bishop of Memphis". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved August 24, 2016.

External links

National Black Catholic Congress bio of Martin Holley
National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus bio of Martin Holley

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by J. Terry Steib	Bishop of Memphis 2016–Present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by -	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington 2004–2016	Succeeded by -

Diocese of Memphis

Ordinaries	Bishops Carroll Thomas Dozier James Francis Stafford Daniel M. Buechlein J. Terry Steib Martin Holley

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Memphis Parishes:

Education	High schools Christian Brothers High School, Memphis Immaculate Conception Cathedral High School, Memphis Memphis Catholic High School, Memphis St. Agnes Academy-St. Dominic School, Memphis Saint Benedict at Auburndale High School, Cordova (Memphis) High schools, independent Sacred Heart of Jesus High School, Jackson High schools, closed Bishop Byrne High School, Memphis

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Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee

Bishops	René Henry Gracida Joseph Keith Symons John Mortimer Smith John Ricard Gregory Parkes Martin Holley

Churches	Cathedrals Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Pensacola Co-Cathedral of Saint Thomas More, Tallahassee Basilica Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel, Pensacola Parishes St. Joseph's Church, Pensacola Former Sacred Heart Church, Pensacola

Education	High Schools John Paul II Catholic High School, Tallahassee Pensacola Catholic High School, Pensacola

Other	Florida Catholic

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington

Churches and parishes	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle Parish churches Holy Trinity Our Lady Star of the Sea Sacred Heart St. Ambrose St. Francis Xavier St. Ignatius (Oxon Hill) St. Ignatius (St. Inigoes) St. Ignatius (Chapel Point) St. Mary (Rockville) St. Mary (Newport) Chapels and shrines Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Pope John Paul II Shrine Shrine of the Sacred Heart Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart

Catholic education	Higher education Catholic University of America Dominican House of Studies Georgetown University John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family Trinity Washington University Washington Theological Union High schools Academy of the Holy Cross Archbishop Carroll High School The Avalon School Bishop McNamara High School Brookewood School Connelly School of the Holy Child DeMatha Catholic High School Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School Elizabeth Seton High School Georgetown Preparatory School Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School Gonzaga College High School The Heights School Our Lady of Good Counsel High School St. Anselm's Abbey School St. John's College High School St. Mary's Ryken High School St. Vincent Pallotti High School Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart

Ordinaries	Past Michael Joseph Curley Patrick O'Boyle William Wakefield Baum James Aloysius Hickey Theodore Edgar McCarrick Present Donald Wuerl (Auxiliaries: Martin Holley Barry Knestout Mario E. Dorsonville Francisco González Valer, SF-emeritus)

Priests	Lorenzo Albacete

Miscellany	Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery Mount Olivet Cemetery The James Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Statue Saint Anselm's Abbey St. Clement's Island State Park

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