{{Short description|Ruthenian Catholic bishop (1940–2020)}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific_prefix = His Grace, The Most Reverend | name = Gerald Nicholas Dino | title = Eparch Emeritus of Phoenix | image = | alt = | caption = | church = Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church | archdiocese = | diocese = Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix | see = | enthroned = March 27, 2008 | term_end = May 7, 2016 | predecessor = William Skurla | successor = John Stephen Pazak <!-- Orders --> | ordination = March 21, 1965 | ordained_by = | consecration = March 27, 2008<ref name=hier/> | consecrated_by = Basil Schott, William Skurla and Andrew Pataki | rank = <!-- Personal details --> | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|1|11}} | birth_place = Binghamton, New York | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|14|1940|1|11}} | death_place = | previous_post = Priest, Eparchy of Passaic }} {{Infobox bishopstyles | name= Gerald Nicholas Dino | dipstyle= * His Grace * The Most Reverend | offstyle=His Grace | relstyle=Eparch | image = Mitre (plain).svg | image_size = 200px }}
'''Gerald Nicholas Dino''' (January 11, 1940 – November 14, 2020) was an American hierarch of the Ruthenian Catholic Church. He was the bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix from 2008 to 2016.
==Biography== Dino was born in 1940 in Binghamton, New York. On March 21, 1965, he was ordained a priest for the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic. On December 6, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of the Eparchy of Van Nuys, and on March 27, 2008, he was consecrated a bishop.<ref name=hier>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdinog.html |author=David Cheney |publisher=catholic-hierarchy.org |title=Bishop Gerald Nicholas Dino}}</ref>
At his request, Pope Benedict XVI transferred the see of the Eparchy of Van Nuys to Phoenix, Arizona in February 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=2ed0a59e-c79f-4a7d-a4cf-41c2ced290dd |title=No possibility of moving back to California |publisher=California Catholic Daily |date=April 19, 2010 |access-date=April 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708111933/http://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=2ed0a59e-c79f-4a7d-a4cf-41c2ced290dd |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On reaching the age of 75, Dino submitted his resignation to Pope Francis, who accepted it and appointed his successor John Stephen Pazak in May 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.catholicsun.org/2016/05/10/new-byzantine-bishop/ |title=Pope names new bishop for Phoenix Byzantine Eparchy, accepts Bishop Dino's resignation
|author=Tony Gutierrez |newspaper=The Catholic Sun |date=May 10, 2016 |accessdate=July 24, 2016 }}</ref>
Dino died on November 14, 2020, aged 80.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hlavnespravy.sk/v-panovi-usnul-americky-vladyka-gerald-nicholas-dino-ktory-mal-korene-na-slovensku/2350048# |title=V Pánovi usnul americký vladyka Gerald Nicholas Dino, ktorý mal korene na Slovensku |website=Hlavnespravy.sk|access-date=16 November 2020|language=sk}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://ephx.org/ Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix - Official Site] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100902041201/http://www.eparchy-of-van-nuys.org/index.php/component/content/article/12 Press release of bishop's appointment]
==Episcopal succession== {{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box | before= William C. Skurla | title=Eparch of the Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix | years=2008–2016 | after= John Stephen Pazak }} {{s-end}}
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