Nicolas Eugene Walsh

Nicolas Walsh was born on October 20, 1916, in Burnsville, Minnesota, to Patrick J. and Julia (née McDermott) Walsh.^[1][2] He completed his philosophical and theological studies at St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota and earned a Master of Education degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.^[1]

Walsh was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Boise at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in St. Paul, Minnesota, on June 6, 1942, by Archbishop John Murray.^[2] Walsh served chancellor of the diocese, diocesan director of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, and superintendent of diocesan schools.^[1] In 1958 he became the founding editor of the Idaho Catholic Register.^[1] He was also pastor of St. Mary's Parish in Caldwell, Idaho.^[1]

On September 5, 1974, Pope Paul VI appointed Walsh as the third bishop of Yakima.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration in Boise, Idaho, on October 28, 1974, from Bishop Sylvester Treinen, with Archbishops James Byrne and Alberto Urdaneta serving as co-consecrators.^[2] Walsh remained in Yakima for two years.

On August 10, 1976, Paul VI allows Walsh to resign for health reasons as bishop of Yakima; he instead appointed him as an auxiliary bishop of Seattle and titular bishop of Volsinium.^[2]

Pope Paul II accepted Walsh's resignation as auxiliary bishop of Seattle on September 6, 1983.^[2] Nicholas Walsh died on April 21, 1997, in Tucson, Arizona, at age 80.^[2]