Harry Joseph Flynn
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Harry Joseph Flynn |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis | |
| Archdiocese | Saint Paul and Minneapolis |
| Appointed | February 22, 1994 (Coadjutor) |
| Installed | September 8, 1995 |
| Term ended | May 2, 2008 |
| Predecessor | John Roach |
| Successor | John Nienstedt |
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| Ordination | May 28, 1960 |
| Consecration | June 24, 1986 by Howard James Hubbard, Philip Matthew Hannan, Gerard Louis Frey |
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May 2, 1933 Schenectady, New York |
| Previous post | Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Siena College |
| Motto | Come Lord Jesus |
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Styles of Harry Joseph Flynn |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Harry Joseph Flynn (born May 2, 1933 in Schenectady, New York) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States and Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, where he served from September 8, 1995 to May 2, 2008, when his resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI. Previously, Archbishop Flynn was the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette in south-central Louisiana.
Flynn is a graduate of Siena College, having earned both a B.A. and a M.A. in English. After attending Mount Saint Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, he was ordained on May 18, 1960. He later became a priest of the Diocese of Albany, New York.
He was consecrated a bishop there on June 24, 1986. He became the bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, in the aftermath of one of the earliest public scandals involving the sexual abuse of minors by a priest.
Archbishop Flynn is a member of several boards and committees.
Flynn was named to chair the USCCB Committee on Sexual Abuse in 2002.
Flynn is especially noted for his devotion to Catholic education and the emphasis in his ministry on social justice, especially within his own archdiocese. He is also a strong advocate for Catholic economic justice abroad, and many of the parishes in the archdiocese have sister parishes in impoverished nations, such as Costa Rica. On September 12, 2003, he released a pastoral letter dealing with the issue of racism titled In God's Image, in which he called for the parishes of the diocese to unite in an effort to end racism and promote diversity and harmony, and in so doing, to make God's love more present to the rest of the world.
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