Barry Christopher Knestout
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Barry Christopher Knestout |
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| Auxiliary Bishop of Washington Titular Bishop of Leavenworth |
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| Archdiocese | Washington |
| Appointed | November 18, 2008 |
| Installed | December 29, 2008 |
| Other posts | Titular Bishop of Leavenworth |
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| Ordination | June 24, 1989 by James Aloysius Hickey |
| Consecration | December 29, 2008 by Donald Wuerl, Francisco González Valer, and Martin Holley |
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| Born |
June 11, 1962 Cheverly, Maryland |
| Motto | CHRIST OUR HOPE |
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Styles of Barry Christopher Knestout |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Barry Christopher Knestout (born June 11, 1962) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington.
Barry Knestout was born in Cheverly, Maryland, to Thomas (d. 1997) and Caroline Knestout. His father was a deacon who served as a cryptologist for the National Security Agency and as the director of the Office of the Permanent Diaconate for the Archdiocese of Washington. One of nine children, he has five brothers and three sisters. A younger brother, Mark, is also a priest and serves as the director of the Archdiocesan Office of Worship.
As a child, Knestout lived with his family in Ankara, Turkey, for four years before returning to the United States, where he attended St. Pius X School in Bowie and Bowie Senior High School. He then studied at the University of Maryland, from where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in architecture in 1984. In 1985, he entered Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, earning a Master's in Divinity (1988) and a Master of Arts in Moral Theology (1989).
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