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June 30, 1944 Born in Minneapolis, Minn. |
May 23, 1970 Ordained as a priest for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn. | Jan. 11, 1984 Ordained as a bishop to serve as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn. | Jan. 13, 1994 Appointed by Pope John Paul II as coadjutor bishop for the Diocese of Sioux Falls, S.D. | March 21, 1995 Named by Pope John Paul II to be bishop for the Diocese of Sioux Falls, S.D. | Feb. 24, 2005 Installed by decree from Pope John Paul II as bishop for the Diocese of Saginaw, MI. | Education: Earned a bachelor's degree for philosophy from St. Paul Seminary in 1966; earned a master's degree for divinity from St. Paul Seminary in 1976; and earned a Licentiate in Canon Law from the Catholic University of America in 1979. | Other current appointments: Chair, USCCB Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry; Member, Canon Law Society of America; Board Member, The International Dominican Foundation; Board Member, Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit, Mich,; Co-Chair of the Mission Advisory Committee, Institute for Priestly Formation, Omaha, Neb.;
Chair, USCCB Ad Hoc Committee for the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, 2005-2008; Board Member, Los Cabos Children’s Foundation; Board Member, St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, Denver, Colo.; and President, Bishop's Advisory Board at the Institute of Priestly Formation in Omaha, Neb. | | |
