Facts: - diocese: lafayette - title: bishop of lafayette - province: indianapolis - predecessor: william leo higi - birth date: 29 september 1950 - consecrated by: daniel m. buechlein - see: lafayette - name: timothy l. doherty - birth place: rockford , illinois - type: bishop - consecration: july 15 , 2010 - ordination: june 26 , 1976 - nationality: american - ordained by: arthur j. o'neill - term start: july 15 , 2010 - appointed: may 12 , 2010 - image: coat of arms of timothy lawrence doherty.svg - religion: roman catholic Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of timothy doherty .
timothy l. doherty -lrb- born september 29 , 1950 -rrb- is an american roman catholic bishop .he was a priest of the diocese of rockford until he was appointed bishop of lafayette in indiana by pope benedict xvi on may 12 , 2010 .on july 15 , 2010 , doherty was consecrated , becoming the sixth bishop of the diocese