His Excellency, The Most Reverend Frank Richard Spencer |
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Auxiliary Bishop for the Military Services, USA Titular Bishop of Auzia |
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Bishop F. Richard Spencer, 2012
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Archdiocese | Military Services, USA |
Appointed | May 22, 2010 |
Installed | September 8, 2010 |
Other posts | Titular Bishop of Auzia Vicar, Military Chapels and US Embassies in Europe and Asia |
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Ordination | May 14, 1988 by William Donald Borders |
Consecration | September 8, 2010 by Timothy Broglio, Donald Wuerl, and Edwin Frederick O'Brien |
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Born |
Sylacauga, Alabama |
June 10, 1951
Motto | AUSCULTABO UT SERVIAM |
Styles of Frank Richard Spencer |
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Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Frank Richard Spencer (born June 10, 1951) is an American Roman Catholic bishop. Formerly a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and a U.S. Army chaplain, he was appointed an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services by Pope Benedict XVI on May 22, 2010. He currently serves as the Vicar for all military Chapels (and U.S. State Department Embassies) in Europe and in Asia for the Archdiocese.
Spencer was born in Sylacauga, Alabama, and graduated from Sylacauga High School in 1969. He was an altar boy and earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He then attended Jacksonville State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in law enforcement. He also received a Master of Education degree in counseling from the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse. He earned Master of Divinity and Bachelor of Sacred Theology degrees from St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland and two honorary Doctor of Letters degrees.
His military education includes: Military Police Officer Basic and Advance Courses, Chaplain Officer Basic and Advance Courses, Command and General Staff Officer Course and Clinical Pastoral Education, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC. and selected to attend the Resident National War College, Class 2010.