J. Peter Sartain
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend James Peter Sartain |
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| Archbishop of Seattle | |
| Archdiocese | Seattle |
| Appointed | September 16, 2010 |
| Installed | December 1, 2010 |
| Predecessor | Alexander Joseph Brunett |
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| Ordination | July 15, 1978 by Carroll Thomas Dozier |
| Consecration | March 6, 2000 by Eusebius J. Beltran, J. Terry Steib, and Andrew Joseph McDonald |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 6, 1952 Memphis, Tennessee |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Previous post |
Bishop of Little Rock (2000–06) Bishop of Joliet in Illinois (2006–10) |
| Motto | OF YOU MY HEART HAS SPOKEN |
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Styles of James Peter Sartain |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
| Ordination history of J. Peter Sartain | |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Eusebius J. Beltran |
| Date of consecration | March 6, 2000 |
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Bishops consecrated by J. Peter Sartain as principal consecrator
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| Joseph M. Siegel | January 19, 2010 |
James Peter Sartain (born June 6, 1952) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the fifth and current Archbishop of Seattle, serving since 2010. He previously served as Bishop of Little Rock (2000–06) and Bishop of Joliet (2006–10).
J. Peter Sartain was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Joseph Martin ("Pete") and Catherine (née Poole) Sartain. He is the youngest of five children as well as the only boy. His father served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Raised in the Whitehaven neighborhood of Memphis, he received his early education at the parochial school of St. Paul the Apostle Church, and graduated from Bishop Byrne High School in 1970.
Sartain studied chemistry at Memphis State University for one year before transferring to St. Meinrad College in Indiana, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1974. Sartain is an alumnus of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas Angelicum in Rome, where he earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree in 1977.
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