Kevin C. Rhoades
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Kevin Carl Rhoades |
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| Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend | |
| Archdiocese | Indianapolis |
| Diocese | Fort Wayne-South Bend |
| Appointed | November 14, 2009 |
| Installed | January 13, 2010 |
| Predecessor | John Michael D'Arcy |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | July 9, 1983 by William Henry Keeler |
| Consecration | December 9, 2004 by Justin Francis Rigali, William Henry Keeler, and Thomas Olmsted |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 26, 1957 Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality |
 American
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Previous post | Bishop of Harrisburg (2004-2009) |
| Motto | "VERITATEM IN CARITATE" (Truth in Charity) |
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Styles of Kevin Carl Rhoades |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Kevin Carl Rhoades (born November 26, 1957) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the ninth Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, having served as Bishop of Harrisburg from 2004 to 2009.
Rhoades was born in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania to Charles and Mary Rhoades. The second of three children, he has an older brother, Charles, and a younger sister, Mrs. Robin McCracken. His father was a cousin of Republican state Senator James J. Rhoades.
Raised in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Rhoades graduated from Lebanon Catholic High School in 1975 and then studied at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, for two years. He applied to the Diocese of Harrisburg for enrollment in the program of priestly formation, and in 1977 entered St. Charles Borromeo Seminary ("Overbrook"), in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, where he earned his Bachelor's degree in Philosophy in 1979.
From 1979-83, Rhoades studied theology at the Pontifical North American College and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he obtained his Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree. He also studied Spanish at the Pontifical University of Salamanca in Spain during the summer of 1982. Cardinal Terence Cooke, then the Archbishop of New York, ordained him a deacon at St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, in 1982.
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