Early life and education Dennis Walsh was born on July 16, 1965, in
Lima, Ohio, to Daniel and Marilyn Walsh. He was educated at the
Elida Local School District where he graduated in 1983. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from St. Alphonsus College in
Suffield, Connecticut. He professed temporary religious vows as a
Redemptorist in 1986 and final vows in 1991. He studied for the priesthood at
Washington Theological Union in
Washington, D.C. where he received a
Master of Divinity degree in 1992.
Priesthood Walsh was ordained a priest for the Redemptorist Order on May 27, 1992, in the Crypt Church of the
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. by Bishop
John Joseph Glynn. After his ordination, the Redemptorists sent Walsh to
Iglesia de San Antonio de Padua in
Guayama, Puerto Rico, where he studied Spanish. After returning to Maryland, they assigned him as parochial vicar at
St. Michael Parish in
Baltimore. Walsh was transferred in 1994 to
Immaculate Conception Parish in the
South Bronx,
New York City, then in 1998 to
St. Mary Parish in
Sandusky, Ohio. In 2000, he was
incardinated, or transferred, from the Redemptorists to the
Diocese of Toledo in Ohio. In 2002, the diocese assigned Walsh as pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish in
Defiance, Ohio. He then served as the pastor of St. Patrick of Heatherdowns Parish in
Toledo, Ohio. In 2015 he was appointed pastor of
St. John the Evangelist Parish in
Delphos, Ohio and St. John the Baptist Parish in
Landeck, Ohio. St. Patrick Parish in
Spencerville, Ohio and head of school for
St. John the Evangelist Elementary and High School were added to his responsibilities in 2016. Walsh has also served on various boards and commissions of the diocese. ==Bishop of Davenport==