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He\u2019s got quite an unusual background<\/a><\/strong>\u2014and was influenced by the writings of Thomas Merton :<\/p>\n

Msgr. David Talley, a former Southern Baptist who became a Catholic at the age of 24 and has served at various archdiocesan parishes, has been named by Pope Benedict XVI as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.<\/p>\n

At a press conference in Atlanta, Archbishop Wilton Gregory called the bishop-designate \u201cone of our finest priests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Talley, 62, said he will \u201chope to give my whole heart\u201d in his new ministry. He said he will \u201cassist in shepherding the people\u201d with Atlanta Auxiliary Bishop Luis Zarama and the archbishop. \u201cOne more worker,\u201d the new bishop-designate said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all new. What an understatement,\u201d said Talley, who wore a pin of Our Lady of Guadalupe on his lapel\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026One of his roles in the archdiocese is as chaplain to the disabilities ministry. His experience ministering among people with disabilities is key to his spiritual life, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll they can do is ask the Lord for help. That simplicity and humility is where I think the church should be-humble before God,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Talley was raised as a Southern Baptist, but said he left the practice of his faith and organized religion as a teen. At Auburn University he met Catholics and read the writings of Thomas Merton, which led him to become Catholic, he said. He was 24 when he joined St. Mary Church in Opelika, Ala.<\/p>\n

Family members remain faithful Baptists, including a brother who is a deacon. That background gives him a broad view, he said. \u201cI do know a faith across the spectrum,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also did graduate studies at the University of Georgia. For a time before entering the seminary, Tally was a caseworker in the Fulton County child abuse investigation and protection office. He studied at St. Meinrad Seminary in St. Meinrad, Ind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Rocco has this choice nugget<\/a><\/strong> about the new bishop\u2019s present parish and its deacons:<\/p>\n

Having\u00a0led the building<\/a>\u00a0of a 900-seat, 36,000 square-foot church for the 2,500-family flock of his last pastorate, in 2011 Talley was sent to the even more massive\u00a0St Brigid\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0in Johns Creek, home to nearly 5,000 families and \u2013 so the parish website says \u2013 no less than\u00a0seven permanent deacons.<\/a>\u00a0The page likewise features a full archive of Talley\u2019sweekly bulletin columns,<\/a>\u00a0which chronicle all the \u201chappy problems\u201d of a church busting at the seams.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He\u2019s got quite an unusual background\u2014and was influenced by the writings of Thomas Merton : Msgr. David Talley, a former Southern Baptist who became a Catholic at the age of 24 and has served at various archdiocesan parishes, has been named by Pope Benedict XVI as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. At […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12],"tags":[119,11170,11200],"class_list":["post-19552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bishops","category-converts","tag-atlanta","tag-converts","tag-vocations"],"yoast_head":"\nThe remarkable journey of Atlanta's new auxiliary bishop\u2014UPDATED<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"He's got quite an unusual background\u2014and was influenced by the writings of Thomas Merton : Msgr. 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