VATICAN CITY, 16 MAR 2011 (VIS) – On Wednesday, March 16, 2011, the Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Father Thomas A. Daly of the clergy of the archdiocese of San Francisco, U.S.A., director of priestly vocations and president of the Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield, as auxiliary of San Jose in California (area 3,367, population 1,837,075, Catholics 667,474, priests 343, permanent deacons 20, religious 583), U.S.A. The bishop-elect was born in San Francisco in 1960 and ordained a priest in 1987. His consecration will take place May 25 at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph.