His Excellency, The Most Reverend Bernard Joseph Harrington |
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Bishop Emeritus of Winona | |
Church | Roman Catholic |
See | Winona, Minnesota |
In office | 1998–2009 |
Predecessor | John George Vlazny |
Successor | John M. Quinn |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 6, 1959 |
Consecration | January 6, 1994 by Adam Maida |
Personal details | |
Born |
Detroit, Michigan |
September 6, 1933
Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit |
Styles of Bernard Harrington |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Monsignor |
Posthumous style | not applicable |
Bernard Joseph Harrington (born September 6, 1933) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the seventh Bishop of Winona.
Bernard Harrington was born in Detroit, Michigan, to John and Norah (née Cronin) Harrington; he has two brothers, John and Timothy, and one sister, Irene. His parents were immigrants from Bantry Bay, County Cork, in Ireland. He studied at Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, St. John's Provincial Seminary in Plymouth, and the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., from where he obtained his Master's degree in Education. Harrington was ordained to the priesthood on June 6, 1959, in the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit.
During his priestly ministry, he served as archdiocesan Assistant Superintendent of Schools and pastor of Holy Name Parish in Birmingham. From 1977 to 1985, he was rector of his alma mater of Sacred Heart Seminary. He later became director of the Department of Formation, and pastor of St. Rene Goupil Parish in Sterling Heights in 1984.