Salvatore Cordileone

Styles of
**Salvatore Joseph Cordileone**
Styles of; Salvatore Joseph Cordileone
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Salvatore Joseph Cordileone
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; Salvatore Joseph Cordileone
Archbishop of San Francisco
	Archbishop Cordileone in 2016
Archdiocese	San Francisco
Appointed	July 27, 2012
Installed	October 4, 2012
Predecessor	George Hugh Niederauer
Previous posts	Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego and Titular Bishop of Natchesium (2002–2009); Bishop of Oakland (2009–2012);
Orders
Ordination	July 9, 1982; by Leo Thomas Maher
Consecration	August 21, 2002; by Robert Brom, Raymond Leo Burke, Gilbert Espinosa Chávez
Personal details
Born	Salvatore Joseph Cordileone; June 5, 1956; San Diego, California, U.S.
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Education	San Diego State University; University of San Diego; Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto	In verbo Tuo; (In Thy word)

Salvatore Joseph Cordileone (born June 5, 1956) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of San Francisco in California since 2012. He previously served as bishop of Oakland in California from 2009 to 2012 and as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of San Diego in California from 2002 to 2009.

A traditionalist theologian, he is known for his willingness to celebrate mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Cordileone is also known for his outspoken opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.