Peter John Byrne
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Peter John Byrne |
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| Auxiliary Bishop of New York Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | New York |
| Appointed | June 14, 2014 |
| Installed | August 4, 2014 |
| Other posts | Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird |
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| Ordination | December 1, 1984 by John Joseph O'Connor |
| Consecration | August 4, 2014 by Timothy M. Dolan, Gerald Thomas Walsh, and Dominick John Lagonegro |
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| Born |
July 24, 1951 Manhattan, New York |
| Motto | DEUS EST FIDELIS (GOD IS FAITHFUL) |
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Styles of Peter John Byrne |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Peter John Byrne (born July 24, 1951) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church, who currently serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York
Byrne was born on Manhattan and was educated at Immaculate Conception School and Cardinal Hayes High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from Fordham University and studied for the priesthood at St. Joseph's Seminary in Dunwoodie. Byrne was ordained a priest by Cardinal John O'Connor on December 1, 1984. His pastoral assignments included parochial vicar at St. Teresa of Avila parish, Sleepy Hollow from 1984 to 1992, administrator of St. Thomas Aquinas in the Bronx from 1992 to 1994 and administrator at St. John the Baptist de La Salle parish in 1995. He then served as pastor at Immaculate Conception parish on Staten Island 1995 to 2013 and St. Elizabeth’s parish in Washington Heights, Manhattan from 2013 to 2014.
Byrne was named the Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird and Auxiliary Bishop of New York by Pope Francis on June 14, 2014. He was consecrated a bishop by Cardinal Timothy Dolan in St. Patrick's Cathedral on August 4, 2014. New York auxiliary bishops Gerald Thomas Walsh and Dominick John Lagonegro were the co-consecrators. Bishop Byrne's crosier was used by the late Cardinal Patrick Hayes who had served as New York's archbishop.
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