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James Peter Sartain

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
James Peter Sartain
Archbishop of Seattle
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J. Peter Sartain in 2012
Archdiocese Seattle
Appointed September 16, 2010
Installed December 1, 2010
Predecessor Alexander Joseph Brunett
Orders
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 (1952-06-06) June 6, 1952 (age 65)
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
Styles of
James Peter Sartain
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Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Archbishop
Ordination history of
J. Peter Sartain
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated by Eusebius J. Beltran
Date of consecration March 6, 2000
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by J. Peter Sartain as principal consecrator
Joseph M. Siegel January 19, 2010
Daniel Henry Mueggenborg May 31, 2017
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated by Eusebius J. Beltran
Date of consecration March 6, 2000
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by J. Peter Sartain as principal consecrator
Joseph M. Siegel January 19, 2010
Daniel Henry Mueggenborg May 31, 2017


James Peter Sartain (born June 6, 1952), better known as J. Peter Sartain, 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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