Steven Biegler
Steven Robert Biegler | |
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Bishop of Cheyenne | |
Archdiocese | Denver |
Diocese | Cheyenne |
Appointed | March 16, 2017 |
Installed | June 5, 2017 |
Predecessor | Paul D. Etienne |
Orders | |
Ordination | July 9, 1993 by Charles J. Chaput |
Consecration | June 5, 2017 by Samuel J. Aquila, Robert Dwayne Gruss, and Paul D. Etienne |
Personal details | |
Born | Mobridge, South Dakota | March 22, 1959
Motto | Shepherd in Compassion |
Styles of Steven Robert Biegler | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Steven Robert Biegler (born March 22, 1959) is an American priest and prelate of the Catholic Church and currently serves as bishop for the Diocese of Cheyenne.
Biography[]
Biegler was born March 22, 1959, in Mobridge, South Dakota. He is one of 13 children of Alfred and Mary Biegler. He entered the seminary in 1986 and was ordained to the priesthood for Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City on July 9, 1993, at Holy Cross Church in Timber Lake, South Dakota.
Episcopacy[]
Bishop of Cheyenne[]
Pope Francis appointed Biegler to be the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne on March 16, 2017.[1][2] On June 5, 2017, Biegler was consecrated as a bishop during an installation mass with Samuel J. Aquila, Archbishop of Denver, presiding.
See also[]
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References[]
- ^ "Pope Francis Names South Dakota Priest as New Bishop of Cheyenne". Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ "The Most Reverend Steven Biegler is named the new Bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne" (PDF). Retrieved March 16, 2017.
External links[]
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Categories:
- 1959 births
- Living people
- People from Mobridge, South Dakota
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City
- Catholics from South Dakota
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Bishops appointed by Pope Francis
- American Roman Catholic bishop stubs