David Talley
David Prescott Talley is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis.Biography
Early life and career
Talley was born in Columbus, Georgia, and raised in the Southern Baptist faith before converting to Roman Catholicism in 1974.
Talley is a graduate of Auburn University, and received his graduate degree from the University of Georgia. He served as caseworker for abused and neglected children in Fulton County, Georgia before entering the seminary at St. Meinrad School of Theology in Indiana. Talley also studied for his doctorate in canon law at Pontificia Universita Gregorian in Rome, Italy, earning it in 1998. He continued his studies in spiritual direction and spirituality at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama.
Talley was ordained as a priest on June 3, 1989 for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, and served as parochial vicar at St. Jude the Apostle Church in Atlanta until 1993. After earning his doctorate in Rome, he returned to Atlanta, serving as an officer of the archdiocesan tribunal and as director of vocations. Talley was named chancellor of the Archdiocese of Atlanta in October 1999.On January 3, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him auxiliary bishop of Atlanta and titular bishop of Lambaesis. Talley was consecrated on April 2, 2013. He was the first bishop serving the Atlanta diocese who was a native-born Georgian.Bishop of Alexandria
On September 21, 2016, Talley was appointed coadjutor bishop of Alexandria by Pope Francis. He was installed on November 7, 2016. He succeeded Ronald Paul Herzog as bishop on February 2, 2017.Bishop of Memphis
On March 5, 2019, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Memphis. He was installed on April 2, 2019.
