His Excellency, The Most Reverend Lee Anthony Piché |
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Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Titular Bishop of Tamata |
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Archdiocese | Saint Paul and Minneapolis |
Appointed | May 27, 2009 |
Installed | June 29, 2009 |
Term ended | June 15, 2015 |
Other posts | Titular Bishop of Tamata |
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Ordination | May 26, 1984 |
Consecration | June 29, 2009 by John Clayton Nienstedt, Harry Joseph Flynn, and John M. LeVoir |
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Born |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
May 8, 1958
Motto | Lucerna pedi meo verbum tuum |
Styles of Lee Anthony Piché |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Lee Anthony Piché (born May 8, 1958) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis from May 27, 2009, to June 15, 2015.
The eldest of seven children, Lee Piché was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to LeRoy and Cecilia Piché. He attended Irondale High School in New Brighton and the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. He studied at St. Paul Seminary, from where he obtained a M.A. in theology.
Piché was ordained a priest on May 26, 1984. He then served as associate pastor at St. Mark's Church until 1987, when he joined the faculty of the University of St. Thomas. He then furthered his studies at St. Joseph Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey (1987-1988), and at Columbia University in New York (earning a Master's degree in Philosophy in 1994).