Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
George R. Evans | |
Auxiliary Bishop of Denver | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
See: | Titular See of Tubyza |
Appointed: | February 24, 1969 |
Term: | April 23, 1969 - September 13, 1985 |
Ordination: | May 31, 1947 |
Consecration: | April 23, 1969 |
Consecrated By: | Luigi Raimondi |
Birth Date: | September 25, 1922 |
Birth Place: | Denver, Colorado |
Death Place: | Denver, Colorado |
George Roche Evans (September 25, 1922 – September 13, 1985) was a Bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Denver from 1969 to 1985.
Born in Denver, Colorado, George Evans was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Denver on May 31, 1947. On February 24, 1969 Pope Paul VI appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Tubyza and Auxiliary Bishop of Denver. He was ordained a bishop by Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, the Apostolic Delegate to the United States, on April 23, 1969. The principal co-consecrators were Denver Archbishop James Casey and Bishop Hubert Newell of Cheyenne. Evans continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his death on September 13, 1985, at the age of 62.[1] [2]