The Most Reverend Paul D. Etienne |
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Archbishop of Anchorage | |
Archdiocese | Anchorage |
Appointed | October 4, 2016 |
Installed | November 9, 2016 |
Predecessor | Roger Lawrence Schwietz |
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Ordination | June 22, 1992 |
Consecration | December 9, 2009 by Charles J. Chaput, Daniel M. Buechlein, David L. Ricken |
Personal details | |
Born |
Tell City, Indiana |
June 15, 1959
Previous post | Bishop of Cheyenne |
Motto | Veritas in Caritae |
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Styles of Paul Dennis Etienne |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Archbishop |
Paul Dennis Etienne (born June 15, 1959) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the eighth Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming. On October 4, 2016, he was appointed as the fourth Archbishop of Anchorage.
Etienne was born June 15, 1959, in Tell City, Indiana. He attended Bellarmine College in Louisville, Kentucky before completing his studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He obtained B.A. in Business Administration in 1986. After several years of work, he began his ecclesiastical studies in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum, where he obtained a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1995.
Etienne was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on June 27, 1992. Father Etienne served in the following positions: assistant pastor of the Saint Barnabas Parish, Indianapolis (1992–1993); Director of Vocations (1995–1998); and pastor of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in New Albany (1998–2008). Beginning 2002, he served at Saint John the Baptist Parish in New Albany, and pastor of the Saint Simon the Apostle Parish and Saint John the Evangelist in Indianapolis (2008–2009). He also served as vice-rector of the Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary in Indianapolis (from 2008), and pastor of the Saint Paul Parish at Tell City (from 2009). He was also Consultant and member of the archdiocesan council of priests.