David L. Ricken
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend David Laurin Ricken |
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| Bishop of Green Bay | |
Ricken giving homily in 2012
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| Archdiocese | Milwaukee |
| Diocese | Green Bay |
| Appointed | July 9, 2008 |
| Installed | August 28, 2008 |
| Predecessor | David Zubik |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | September 12, 1980 by Arthur Tafoya |
| Consecration | January 6, 2000 by Pope John Paul II, Giovanni Battista Re, and Marcello Zago |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 9, 1952 Dodge City, Kansas |
| Previous post | Bishop of Cheyenne |
| Motto | CARITAS - SAPIENTIA - FORTITUDO |
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Styles of David Laurin Ricken |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
David Laurin Ricken (born November 9, 1952) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the twelfth bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Bishop Ricken has served as bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
David Ricken was born to George William "Bill" Ricken (d. July 1, 1993) and Bertha (Davis) Ricken (d. August 20, 2001) in Dodge City, Kansas. He has two siblings: a brother, Mark, and a sister, Carol, who is principal of St. Mary’s School in Cheyenne, Wyoming. For his primary education, Ricken attended Sacred Heart Cathedral Grade School in Dodge City. He later attended St. Francis High School Seminary in Victoria, graduating in 1970.
Ricken did undergraduate studies in philosophy at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Worthington, Ohio and Conception Seminary College in Conception, Missouri, graduating from the latter institution in 1974. As a seminarian for the Diocese of Pueblo, he attended St. Meinrad School of Theology in St. Meinrad, Indiana and the American College of the Immaculate Conception in Leuven, Belgium, obtaining a master's degree in theology in 1980 from the Catholic University of Leuven.
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