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Alfred Andrew Schlert

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Alfred Andrew Schlert
Bishop of Allentown
Archdiocese Philadelphia
Diocese Allentown
Appointed June 27, 2017
Installed August 31, 2017
Predecessor John Oliver Barres
Orders
Ordination September 19, 1987
by Thomas Jerome Welsh
Consecration August 31, 2017
by Charles J. Chaput, Edward Cullen, and John Oliver Barres
Personal details
Born (1961-07-24) July 24, 1961 (age 56)
Easton, Pennsylvania
Motto Pasce Oves Meas (“Feed My Sheep”)
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Alfred Andrew Schlert (born July 24,1961) is an American, Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Allentown.

Bishop Schlert was born in Easton, Pennsylvania July 24, 1961. He was ordained a priest on September 19, 1987. Pope John Paul II named him Chaplain to His Holiness with the title of Monsignor in 1999. Pope Benedict named him a Prelate of Honor, the second highest rank of Monsignor, in 2005. Pope Francis appointed Schlert bishop for the Diocese of Allentown on June 27, 2017. His ordination and installation is scheduled for August 31, 2017.



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