Gregory Michael Aymond
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Gregory Michael Aymond |
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| Archbishop of New Orleans | |
Archbishop Aymond in 2013
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| Archdiocese | New Orleans |
| Appointed | June 12, 2009 |
| Installed | August 20, 2009 |
| Predecessor | Alfred Clifton Hughes |
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| Ordination | May 10, 1975 by Philip Hannan |
| Consecration | January 10, 1997 by Francis B. Schulte, Philip Hannan, and John Favalora |
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November 12, 1949 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Previous post |
Bishop of Austin (2001–2009) Coadjutor Bishop of Austin (2000–2001) Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans (1997–2000) |
| Motto | GOD IS FAITHFUL |
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Styles of Gregory Michael Aymond |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Gregory Michael Aymond (born November 12, 1949) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He became the fourteenth Archbishop of New Orleans on June 12, 2009. He had previously served as Bishop of Austin from 2001 to 2009, as Coadjutor Bishop of Austin from 2000 to 2001, and as Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans from 1997 to 2000.
The oldest of three children, Gregory Aymond was born in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended St. James Major Elementary School, and evacuated New Orleans with his family by skiff after Hurricane Betsy in 1965. After graduating from Cor Jesu High School in 1967, he studied at St. Joseph Seminary College near Covington until 1971. He then attended Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, from where he obtained his Master of Divinity degree in 1975. He then furthered his studies at the Institute for Ministry at Loyola University.
Aymond was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Philip Hannan on May 10, 1975. He then served as a professor and later rector at St. John Vianney Preparatory Seminary in New Orleans until 1981, when he became director of education and professor of pastoral theology and homiletics at his alma mater Notre Dame Seminary. From 1986 to 2000, he served as president-rector of Notre Dame; his tenure was the longest in the seminary's history.
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