Bernard Joseph Harrington
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Bernard Joseph Harrington |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Winona | |
Harrington in 2017
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Saint Paul and Minneapolis |
| Diocese | Winona |
| Appointed | November 4, 1998 |
| Installed | January 6, 1999 |
| Term ended | May 7, 2009 |
| Predecessor | John George Vlazny |
| Successor | John M. Quinn |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 6, 1959 |
| Consecration | January 6, 1994 by Adam Maida, Dale Joseph Melczek, and Walter Joseph Schoenherr |
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| Born |
September 6, 1933 Detroit, Michigan |
| Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit |
| Motto | Have life more abundantly |
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Styles of Bernard Joseph Harrington |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
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.
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