John Ricard
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend John Huston Ricard |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Pensacola–Tallahassee | |
| Archdiocese | Miami |
| Diocese | Pensacola–Tallahassee |
| Appointed | January 20, 1997 |
| Installed | March 13, 1997 |
| Term ended | March 11, 2011 |
| Predecessor | John Mortimer Smith |
| Successor | Gregory Parkes |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 25, 1968 |
| Consecration | July 2, 1984 by William Donald Borders, Thomas Austin Murphy, and Eugene Antonio Marino |
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| Born |
February 29, 1940 Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore |
| Motto | God is gracious |
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Styles of John Huston Ricard |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
John Huston Ricard, S.S.J. (born February 29, 1940) is an African-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee.
John Ricard was born in Baton Rouge; he is Creole. After graduating from St. Francis Xavier High School in 1958, he joined the Josephite Fathers at Mary Immaculate Novitiate in Walden, New York, and entered Epiphany Apostolic College in Newburgh. He completed his theological studies at St. Joseph Seminary in Washington, D.C., and was ordained to the priesthood on May 25, 1968.
He then served as assistant pastor at St. Peter Claver Church in New Orleans until 1972, and earned a Master degree from Tulane University in 1970. He was pastor of Holy Redeemer Church (1972–75) and of Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian Church (1975–79), both in Washington, D.C., where he also served as an instructor at the National Catholic School of Social Service at the Catholic University of America from 1976 to 1978. He was also pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, and earned a doctor of philosophy from the Catholic University in 1983.
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