Bishop Gerard W. Battersby, 66, has served as bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, since 2024. He and his brother, Chris, are twins and were the youngest of nine children in a devout Catholic family. Edmund Battersby, was a priest for the Archdiocese of Detroit and was a frequent visitor to our home. Bishop Battersby: What I don’t think people understand is that 864,000 manufacturing jobs were lost there in a single decade. A normal Catholic life is the path to holiness.