Robert Finn (bishop)
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Robert William Finn |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-St. Joseph | |
| Archdiocese | St. Louis |
| Diocese | Kansas City-St. Joseph |
| Appointed | March 9, 2004 (Coadjutor) |
| Installed | May 24, 2005 |
| Term ended | April 21, 2015 |
| Predecessor | Raymond James Boland |
| Successor | James Vann Johnston, Jr. |
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| Ordination | July 7, 1979 |
| Consecration | May 3, 2004 by Raymond Leo Burke, Raymond James Boland, and Joseph Fred Naumann |
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| Birth name | Robert William Finn |
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April 2, 1953 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Motto |
Latin: "Quaerite primum regnum dei" English: "Seek ye first the kingdom of God" |
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Styles of Robert William Finn |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Robert William Finn (born April 2, 1953) is a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was formerly bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, where he served from May 24, 2005 until he resigned on April 21, 2015. Finn is the only U.S. bishop to be convicted of the misdemeanor crime of failure to report a priest suspected of child sex abuse to government authorities.
Finn was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 2, 1953, the second of five children of Theodore (Pat) and Betty Schneider Finn. His family includes three sisters—Mrs. Kathleen Fornwalt, Chesterfield, Missouri; Mrs. Patricia Bax, St. Charles, Missouri; and Mrs. Nancy Meyer, Maryland Heights, Missouri—and one brother, Richard Finn, of Keller, Texas. Bishop Finn completed his elementary education at All Souls Catholic School in Overland, Missouri.
Finn studied for the priesthood at archdiocesan seminaries and in Rome. He is a 1971 graduate of St. Louis Preparatory Seminary North, and received a B.A. in Philosophy at Cardinal Glennon College in 1975. While a seminarian at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, he earned a Master's in Theology in 1979 from the Angelicum University. He served as a deacon in 1978-79 at Saint Charles Borromeo Parish, in the Archdiocese of Westminster. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Saint Louis at All Souls Parish Church on July 7, 1979.
Bishop Finn Served as Pastor at Our Holy Redeemer Church in Webster Groves, Missouri, prior to being appointed the coadjutor bishop of Kansas City.
Finn's first assignments were as associate pastor of two parishes in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. He later was appointed to the faculty of Saint Francis Borgia Regional High School in Washington, Missouri, where he taught from 1983 to 1989. During those years, he lived in residence and served as part-time pastoral associate in area parishes.
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