Early life and education James Wall was born on October 11, 1964, in
Ganado, Arizona, in the
Navajo Nation to James and Joan (née Hamilton) Wall. His parents converted to
Catholicism after coming into contact with two
Franciscan friars. He has three sisters and two brothers. Wall graduated from
Chandler High School in
Chandler, Arizona, in 1983. After his high school graduation, Wall entered
Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1993. The diocese assigned Wall as
parochial vicar at St. Theresa Parish in Phoenix. He was transferred in 2001 to St. Timothy Parish in
Mesa, Arizona, to serve as parochial vicar there. The chapel contains images of the
Holy Family,
James, brother of Jesus, Francis de Sales,
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, two angels, and the
Sacred Heart. Wall walked the 200-mile-long
Camino de Santiago de Compostela pilgrim trail in Spain with Bishop
James Conley and Archbishop
Paul Coakley in 2022. ==See also==