Joseph G. Hanefeldt
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Joseph Gerard Hanefeldt |
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| Bishop of Grand Island | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Omaha |
| Diocese | Grand Island |
| Appointed | January 14, 2015 |
| Installed | March 19, 2015 |
| Predecessor | William Joseph Dendinger |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | July 14, 1984 |
| Consecration | March 19, 2015 by George Joseph Lucas, Lee A. Piché, and Robert Dwayne Gruss |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 25, 1958 Creighton, Nebraska |
| Motto | REMAIN IN ME |
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Styles of Joseph Gerard Hanefeldt |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Joseph Gerard Hanefeldt (born April 25, 1958) is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He has been bishop of the Diocese of Grand Island in the state of Nebraska since 2015.
Joseph Gerard Hanefeldt was born in Creighton, Nebraska. He began his studies for the priesthood at St. John Vianney College Seminary at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He did his theological studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University and studied sacramental theology at the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm both in Rome, Italy. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Omaha on July 14, 1984.
After ordination Hanefeldt served as a curate at St. Mary's Parish in West Point, Nebraska from 1984 to 1988, and St. Joan of Arc Parish in Omaha from 1988 to 1992. Concurrent with his parish assignments he served as director of the diocesan Pro-Life Office from 1991 to 2005. Hanefeldt became the pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Omaha in 1992 and served there until 1995. At the same time he served as the moderator of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. He then became pastor of St. Elizabeth Seton Parish in Omaha in 1995 and served in that position until 2007. From 2007 to 2012 he served on the staff of the Pontifical North American College in Rome. For the first two years Hanefeldt was a spiritual director and from 2009 to 2012 he was the director of the spiritual formation program. Pope Benedict XVI named him a Chaplain of His Holiness, with the title Monsignor, in December 2010. He returned to Omaha in 2012 and served as pastor of Christ the King Parish until 2015.
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