Richard Stika
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Richard Frank Stika |
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| Bishop of Knoxville | |
| Archdiocese | Louisville |
| Diocese | Knoxville |
| Appointed | January 12, 2009 |
| Installed | March 19, 2009 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Edward Kurtz |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 14, 1985 by John L. May |
| Consecration | March 19, 2009 by Justin Francis Rigali, Joseph Edward Kurtz, and Robert Joseph Shaheen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 4, 1957 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Motto | IESU CONFIDO IN TE |
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Styles of Richard Frank Stika |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Richard Frank Stika (born July 4, 1957) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is serving as the third and current bishop of the Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee.
Richard Stika was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to the late Frank and Helen (née Musielak) Stika; his father was of Czech heritage and his mother Polish. The third of four children, he has three brothers, Lawrence, Robert, and Joseph. He was baptized at St. Francis de Sales Church on July 21, 1957, and attended Epiphany of Our Lord School in South St. Louis.
Stika attended St. Augustine Minor Seminary High School in Holland, Michigan, for one year before entering Bishop DuBourg High School in St. Louis, graduating in 1975. He then studied at St. Louis University, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Business in 1979, and at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (1981) and Master of Divinity (1985). Cardinal John Carberry ordained him a deacon on May 1, 1985.
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