Background
Hurley, Walter Allison was born on May 30, 1937 in Fredericton, Canada.
Hurley, Walter Allison was born on May 30, 1937 in Fredericton, Canada.
Bachelor, Sacred Heart Seminary. Master of Divinity, St. John's Seminary. Graduate studies in Education, University Detroit.
Juris Canonici Licentiatus, Catholic University of America, 1984.
Ordained priest, 1965. Associate pastor St. Dorothy, Warren, Michigan, 1965—1969. Vicar Warren-Centerline, 1969—1972.
Pastor St. Cyprian, Riverview, 1972—1976, Sacred Heart, Roseville, 1976—1979, St. Lucy, St. Clair Shores, 1979—1982, Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Farmington, 1990—2003. Judicial vicar Metropolitan Tribune Archdiocese of Detroit, 1984—1989, Moderator of the Curia, 1986—1990. Ordained bishop, 2003.
Auxiliary bishop Archdiocese of Detroit, 2003—2005. Bishop Diocese of Grand Rapids, since 2005. Cardinal's delegate and project manager for construction of Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington, 1995—2001.
Delegate of Cardinal Maida for matters relating to issues of sexual abuse by clergy and religious, 1988—1995, since 2002.