Bernard Hebda


Bernard Anthony Hebda

J.C.L. J.D.
Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Archbishop Hebda prays the Eucharistic Prayer at a Mass commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of Saint John Vianney College Seminary
SeeSaint Paul and Minneapolis
AppointedMarch 24, 2016
InstalledMay 13, 2016
PredecessorJohn Clayton Nienstedt
Previous post(s)
Orders
OrdinationJuly 1, 1989
by Donald Wuerl
ConsecrationDecember 1, 2009
by Allen Henry Vigneron, Francesco Coccopalmerio, and Patrick R. Cooney
Personal details
Born (1959-09-03) September 3, 1959 (age 65)
Alma materHarvard University
Columbia University
Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto"Only Jesus." (Mark 9:8)
Styles of
Bernard Anthony Hebda
Or, an elderberry tree fructed, all proper, issuant from a fess chequy Azure and Argent and surmounted by a seven-pointed star of the second.[1]
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleArchbishop

Bernard Anthony Hebda (born September 3, 1959) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has served as the twelfth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis in Minnesota since March 24, 2016.

Prior to his installation as the archbishop, Hebda had served as both the apostolic administrator of that archdiocese since June 2015, as well as the coadjutor archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark in New Jersey since September 2013. Before that, he was bishop of the Diocese of Gaylord in Michigan from 2009 to 2013, as well as in the Roman Curia on the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts from 2003 to 2009.

Besides English, Hebda speaks Italian and knows Latin, French, and Spanish.[2]

  1. ^ "Bishop Hebda's Coat Of Arms | Diocese of Gaylord". dioceseofgaylord.org. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  2. ^ "Rinunce e nomine". Bolletino. Sala Stampa della Santa Sede. Retrieved September 29, 2018.

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